New thickness and shape parameters for describing the thermal boundary layer
Abstract
New thickness and shape parameters for describing the thermal boundary layer formed by 2-D fluid flow along a heated (cooled) wall are presented. The parameters are based on probability distribution function methodology in which the thermal profile thickness and shape are described by central moments of the thermal profile. The moment based parameters are simple integrals of the temperature profile. The usefulness of the new method is demonstrated by applying the description to laminar and turbulent boundary layer datasets.
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