Natural Convection Flow over Wavy Horizontal Surface

Abstract EN

In this paper boundary layer analysis is performed over a heated horizontal wavy surface.

The governing boundary layer equations are transformed into parabolic partial differential equations with the help of appropriate coordinate transformation.

Parabolic partial differential equations are then solved numerically with finite difference scheme, seeking details of the momentum and energy fields.

Step by step computations are done for the upstream, downstream, and entire regimes.

The numerical results are thoroughly discussed in terms of local skin friction and local Nusselt number coefficients for various parameters, like phase shift parameter, ϕ, and amplitude of the wavy surface, a.

In addition, streamlines and isotherms are also drawn in order to visualize velocity and temperature distributions, respectively, within the boundary layer region.