A theoretical study is presented in this paper to investigate the conjugate heat transfer across a vertical ®nite wall separating two forced and free convection ̄ows at different temperatures. It is assumed that the heat conduction in the wall is only in the transversal direction. We also assume that countercurrent boundary layers are formed on the both sides of the wall. The governing equation...

This paper gives similarity transformations for laminar film condensation on a vertical flat plate with variable temperature distribution and finds analytical solutions for arbitrary Prandtl numbers and condensation rates. The work contrasts with Sparrow and Gregg’s assertion that wall temperature variation does not permit similarity solutions. To resolve the long debatable issue regarding heat...

In numerical Rayleigh-BCnard convection at Rayleigh number lo5 and 5 x 105, Prandtl numbers 0.07, 0.7, and 7, and aspect ratios 3, 4 or 6, large-scale patterns are sought. For aspect ratio 6 and Pr = 0.7, saturation of the mean velocity is only observed after 20 convective timescales. Three-dimensional visualization shows a strong influence of the confining sidewalls and corners for all Prandtl...

In numerical Rayleigh-B enard convection at Rayleigh number 10 5 and 5 10 5 , Prandtl numbers 0.07, 0.7, and 7, and aspect ratios 3, 4 or 6, large-scale patterns are sought. For aspect ratio 6 and P r = 0:7, saturation of the mean velocity is only observed after 20 convective timescales. Three-dimensional visualization shows a strong innuence of the connning sidewalls and corners for all Prandt...

Static mixers are in-line devices, which consist of motionless mixing elements, inserted in the given length of the pipe. Homogenization is attained by using the flow energy of the material to be mixed. The mixing effect depends on the continuous separation, distribution, and reunion of particles in the stream of material. There are various element designs available for mixing liquids and they ...

Nanofibres are increasingly being used in the field of bioanalytics due to their large surface-area-to-volume ratios and easy-to-functionalize surfaces. To date, nanofibres have been studied as effective filters, concentrators, and immobilization matrices within microfluidic devices. In addition, they are frequently used as optical and electrochemical transduction materials. In this work, we de...

A linear stability analysis is performed on a thermal, stratified liquid layer with a deformable thermocapillary surface. The objective is to investigate the possibility and conditions for existence of oscillatory cellular convection in the linear thermocapillary system. In general, the principle of the exchange of stabilities for the onset of cellular convection in liquid layers with deformabl...