STEADY LAMINAR FORCED-CONVECTION FROM AN ELLIPTIC CYLINDER

In this paper the two-dimensional steady-state problem of laminar forced convective heat transfer from an isothermal cylinder, elliptic in cross section, inclined to a uniform stream is investigated. Numerical solutions of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations have been obtained for Reynolds numbers, Re, 5 and 20 for various values of the Prandtl number, Pr, and inclination angle, ct. Particular attention is focussed on a solution process utilizing the asymptotic properties of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The average rate of heat transfer, ($) over bar Nu, was found to behave closely to the theoretical result ($) over bar Nu similar to Pe(1/3) for large Pe where Pe = RePr is the Peclet number.