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Free convection at low Prandtl numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

H. K. Kuiken
H. K. Kuiken
Affiliation:
Technological University of Delft, Department of Mathematics Present address: University of British Columbia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vancouver.
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Abstract

In this paper it is shown that the free convection boundary layer approaches a singular character if the Prandtl number tends to zero. The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to integrate the equations for this extreme case. An expression is derived for the Nusselt—Grashof relation and the results are compared with those of previous investigations which attack the problem in a different way.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , 28 July 1969 , pp. 785 - 798
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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