A second order heat equation with convection in an infinite medium isstudied. Suitable similarity transformations are used to reduce the parabolic heat equation to aClass of singular nonlinear boundary value problems....A second order heat equation with convection in an infinite medium isstudied. Suitable similarity transformations are used to reduce the parabolic heat equation to aClass of singular nonlinear boundary value problems. Numerical solutions are presented for differentrepresehtations of heat conduction, heat convection, heat flux, and power law parameters byutilizing the shooting technique. The results reveal the heat transfer characteristic and the effectof parameters on the solutions.展开更多
基金This work was supported by Cross-Century Talents Projects of Educational Ministry of China the "973" Key Foundation under the contract No.G1998061510.]
文摘A second order heat equation with convection in an infinite medium isstudied. Suitable similarity transformations are used to reduce the parabolic heat equation to aClass of singular nonlinear boundary value problems. Numerical solutions are presented for differentrepresehtations of heat conduction, heat convection, heat flux, and power law parameters byutilizing the shooting technique. The results reveal the heat transfer characteristic and the effectof parameters on the solutions.
