%0 Journal Article
%T Forced Convection Thermal Boundary Layer Transfer for Non-Isothermal Surfaces Using the Modified Merk Series
%A Ayodeji Falana
%A Richard Olayiwola Fagbenle
%J Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics
%P 241-250
%@ 2165-3860
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojfd.2014.42018
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	The Chao and Fagbenle¡¯s modification of Merk series has been employed for the analysis of forced convection laminar thermal boundary layer transfer for non-isothermal surfaces. In addition to the Prandtl number (Pr) and the pressure gradient (¡Ä), a third parameter (temperature parameter, ¦Ã&nbsp;) was introduced in the analysis. Solutions of the resulting universal functions for the thermal boundary layer have been obtained for Pr of 0.70, 1.0 and 10.0 and for a range of ¡Ä&nbsp;. The results obtained for the similarity equations agreed with published results within very close limits for all the ¡Ä¡¯s investigated.
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%K Boundary Layer
%K Non-Isothermal
%K Similarity Solutions
%K Power-Law
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47427