ON DETERMINATION OF THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
OF FREE CONVECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGE NEAR A FLAT VERTICAL SURFACE

O. G. Martynenko and V. N. Korovkin

UDC 536.25

The results of mathematical modeling of free convective 
heat exchange near a semiinfinite, impermeable, flat vertical surface 
have been presented. The features of velocity and temperature fields 
as functions of the boundary conditions and the Prandtl number have 
been studied. Tables of numerical solutions have been given. The esults 
obtained have been compared to the numerical data of other authors.


A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy 
of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 4, 
pp. 74-79, July-August, 2007. Original article submitted 
October 2, 2006.