IJPAM: Volume 24, No. 3 (2005)

WALL DRIVEN STEADY FLOW AND
HEAT TRANSFER IN A TUBE

S.A. Odejide$^1$, Y.A.S. Aregbesola$^2$
$^{1,2}$Department of Mathematics
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, NIGERIA
$^1$e-mail: saodejide@oauife.edu.ng
$^2$e-mail: yaregbe@oauife.edu.ng


Abstract.An incompressible axisymmetric wall driven steady flow of a viscous fluid and heat transfer in a tube of circular cross section is examined. For slow flow and low Reynolds number, the continuity equation, the Navier Stokes equations and energy equation were solved with the aid of perturbation series. An increasing or decreasing in the acceleration Reynolds number leads to increasing or decreasing in the wall shear stress and the rate of heat transfer across the wall.

Received: June 14, 2005

AMS Subject Classification: 76D56

Key Words and Phrases: wall driven, low Reynolds number, perturbation series

Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2005
Volume: 24
Issue: 3