Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 140 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1206 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Abstract:
In this work, the similarity equation describing the thermal boundary layers of laminar narrow axisymmetric jets is derived based on boundary layer assumptions. The equation is solved exactly. Some properties of the thermal jet are discussed. By introducing new-defined non-dimensional coordinates, the similarity solution results in a “universal” format. The results can also be applied in the boundary layer problem of species diffusion.