FINITE DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS OF FLOW PAST AN IMPULSIVELY STARTED INFINITE VERTICAL PLATE IN WATER AT 40C WITH

Abstract

Abstract In this thesis, a finite difference solution to the coupled nonlinear system of partial differential equations governing the flow of water at 40C past impulsively started infinite vertical plate is presented.For the numerical results,the governing boundary layer equations are transformed in to non-dimensional form using non-dimensional quantities. Representa tive velocity and temperature profiles were graphed and the numerical values of the Skin friction and the Nusselt numbers were calculated and also the effects of different system parameters, such as the Grashof number, Prandtl number, Eckert number and time on the velocity, temperature, skin friction, and Nusselt numbers, were examined in detail. It is observed that, due to fall in the temperature of the fluid, there is fall in the velocity but an increase in the skin-friction. Furthermore, the skin friction and Nusselt number decreases with increasing Eckert number (E) and Grashof number (G