Second-order thermal boundary layer in liquid metals

An analytical investigation of the second order thermal boundary layer in an incompressible plane flow past a curved surface with uniform heat flux is carried out to study the effects of body curvature and free-stream vorticity on heat transfer. The application of the present theory to heat transfer problems is shown by considering the symmetric uniform shear flow past a flat plate and the potential flow past a circular cylinder. © 1979, THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN. All rights reserved.