%R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.249-250.15
%D 2013
%C Macau
%V 249-25
%T Effects of time dependent temperature and thermal radiation on free convection flow in unsteady couette motion
%O cited By 2; Conference of 2012 3rd International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, ICAMME 2012 ; Conference Date: 14 November 2012 Through 15 November 2012; Conference Code:95109
%K Couette; Couette flows; Diffusion approximations; Energy equation; Free convection flows; Governing equations; Laplace transform techniques; Moving plate; Radiation parameters; Radiative heat fluxes; Temperature profiles; Time-dependent temperature; Vertical parallel plates; Volume flow rate, Heat radiation; Laplace transforms; Mechanical engineering; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Radiation effects, Heat flux
%A M. Narahari
%A N. Yahya
%L scholars3747
%P 15-21
%X The effect of thermal radiation on free convection flow in unsteady Couette motion between vertical parallel plates has been investigated subject to a time dependent temperature boundary condition at the moving plate. Rosseland diffusion approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation. Analytical solutions of the dimensionless governing equations are derived using the Laplace transform technique. The velocity and temperature profiles are shown on graphs, the variation of skin-friction, Nusselt number, volume flow rate and vertical heat flux are presented in tabular form. The effects of system parameters such as Grashof number, radiation parameter and time on the flow fields have been discussed in detail. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
%J Applied Mechanics and Materials