Nonisothermal analysis of two uniform boundary layer shear flows

Abstract

AbstractThe heat transfer phenomenon on the multiphase flows plays an imperative role in several biological and industrial processes, like the oil production industries, catalytic reactors, energy losses in several thermal systems, energy storage, paper manufacture, and heat exchanger systems. Therefore, this study scrutinized the heat transfer characteristic between two uniform boundary layer shear flows with different strengths flowing in the same direction. This problem involves the simulation of the convergence of boundary layers with varying shear strengths. The nonlinear differential system is scrutinized and converted into dimensionless ordinary differential equations by employing appropriate dimensionless variables. The resulting set of highly nonlinear ordinary differential equations is resolved numerically utilizing the Matlab solver “bvp4c.” The resulting numerical solutions are used to construct graphs that illustrate and elucidate the impact of numerous physical parameters on flow patterns. For both fluids, results for the Nusselt number and shear stress are also presented graphically for various parameters. The acquired results demonstrate that the velocity profile upsurges for both upper and lower fluids by enhancing the shear parameter. Furthermore, the number of streamlines is enhanced by augmenting the values of the viscosities ratio parameter. The present problem applies to the trailing edge flow over a thin airfoil with camber.