A Uniform Temperature Distribution Prevails During Couette Flow Within a Narrow Channel Gap

Abstract

The flow field used is a generalization of the well known Couette flow solution of steady flow, in which one wall is at rest and the other wall oscillates in its own plane about a constant mean velocity. The solutions is subject to two boundary conditions that corresponds to the heat transfer and thermometer problems. The exact solutions of the Couette flow are compared with the approximate solution of the flat plate boundary layer flow in terms of the wall characteristic values at high frequencies.