Abstract
AbstractIn the present study, laminar pulsating power‐law momentum and heat transfer in a uniformly heated plane duct is studied analytically. Assuming that fully developed conditions exist both hydrodynamically and thermally, a perturbation series method is utilized to derive analytical solutions for the momentum and energy balance equations, and the amplitude is prescribed as the perturbation parameter. For varying values of the power‐law index (), representing pseudoplastic, Newtonian, and dilatant fluids, effects of dimensionless amplitude () and frequency () on periodic and period‐averaged friction factor and Nusselt number are obtained. The results obtained for Newtonian fluid are shown to be in good harmony with the corresponding findings in the open literature.
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