Mixed convection above a rotating disk

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBT006zbMATH Open1291.76292arXiv1211.3925OpenAlexW2062788679MaRDI QIDQ5169342FDOQ5169342

Authors: J. Arrieta-Sanagustín, M. G. Blyth 

Publication date: 22 July 2014

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mixed convection above a horizontal disk rotating in a semi-infinite fluid is examined when the disk is heated so that its temperature varies quadratically with distance away from its centre. Steady similarity solutions are presented for a range of values of the two dimensionless parameters, a Prandtl number and a Grashof number. The results are corroborated by asymptotic analyses undertaken in the limits of small and large Prandtl number. For finite Prandtl number, the existence of multiple solutions at fixed Grashof number is revealed. The similarity structure for steady solutions fails beyond a critical Grashof number and this is interpreted in terms of a finite-time singularity of the unsteady form of the governing equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3925

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zbMATH Keywords

multiple solutionsfinite-time singularitysimilarity solutionsasymptotic analyses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Forced convection (76R05) Free convection (76R10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55)

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• Centrifugal Convection due to Mass Transfer Near a Rotating Disk at High Schmidt Number
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