Thermodynamic Analysis for a Third Grade Fluid through a Vertical Channel with Internal Heat Generation

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2015
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ELSEVIER ScienceDirect Journal of Hydrodynamics
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This paper makes the thermodynamic analysis in forced convective flow of a third grade fluid through a vertical channel. Due to the reactive nature of the fluid, the effect of internal heat generation is considered and assumed to be a linear function of temperature. The coupled nonlinear dimensionless ordinary differential equations governing the fluid flow are solved by using the Adomian decomposition method (ADM). The effects of various physical parameters such as third grade material parameter, buoyancy parameter and heat generation parameter on the thermal structure of flow are presented and discussed.
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Energy conservation, Vertical channel, Third grade fluid, Internal heat generation, Adomian decomposition method (ADM)
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