Entropy generation in hydrodynamic slip flow over a vertical plate with convective boundary
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Date
2012
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Springer
Abstract
The present article aims to report the effects of hydrodynamic slip on entropy generation in the boundary layer flow over a vertical surface
with convective boundary condition. Suitable similarity transformations are used to transform the fundamental equations of hydrodynamic
and thermal boundary layer flow into ordinary differential equations. The governing equations are then solved numerically using
the shooting method and the velocity and the temperature profiles are obtained for various values of parameters involved in the governing
equations. The expressions for the entropy generation number and the Bejan number are presented and the results are discussed
graphically and quantitatively for the slip parameter, the local Grashof number, the Prandtl number, the local convective heat transfer
parameter, the group parameter and the local Reynolds number. It is observed that due to the presence of slip, entropy production in a
thermal system can be controlled and reduced.
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Boundary Layer Flow, Mathematics, Thermal Boundary
Citation
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology 26 (9) (2012) 2977-2984