Abstract
The heat transfer characteristics of laminar, forced convection flow for power law fluids from a vertical plate fin are studied analytically based on the conjugate convection and conduction theory. The resulting boundary layer equations of fluids are coupled with the one-dimensional heat conduction equation of fin through interfacial conditions. Numerical results for the local heat flux, local heat transfer coefficient, and temperature distribution along the fin surface and overall heat transfer rate under the effects of the conjugate convection-conduction parameter, generalized Prandtl number and fluid flow index are illustrated. The results obtained of the non-Newtonian power law fluid are found to have trends similar to those of the Newtonian fluids.
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