SERIES SOLUTION OF ENTROPY GENERATION TOWARD AN ISOTHERMAL FLAT PLATE

Abstract

The steady 2-D boundary layer flow over a flat plate is studied analytically by omotopy perturbation method to analyze the entropy generation inside the oundary layer with constant wall temperature. By the transformations of governing quations including continuity, momentum, and energy by similarity variables, dimensionless equation for entropy generation inside the boundary ayer is obtained. The effects of important parameters such as Reynolds and Eckert umbers are investigated and the physical interpretations of the results are xplained in details.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2012-08-12
  • Revision Date2012-09-07
  • Acceptance Date2012-09-12

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1205289M

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