COURSE PROJECT-1

Consider fully developed flow between two large parallel plates separated by a distance L. The
upper plate is moving with a velocity, U and the lower plate is kept stationary. The lower and upper
plate is maintained at temperaturesT0and T1respectively. Numerically simulate this problem using
finite difference method and validate the results with analytical solution. Also plot the effect of
Eckert number on the non-dimensional temperature profile.

Fig 1. Schematic of the physical domain

Aim: To compare analytical and numerical solution of coutte flow where two plates are kept at
constant wall temperature.

Solution:
The problem is first solved analytically which yields the following temperature and velocity
profile. It should be noted that the profiles here are nondimensional velocity and temperatures infact
all variables have been nondimensionalised which are denoted by uppercase characters.
The differential equation that governs the flow is
2
=0
2
Which yields the velocity profile to be linear and on applying no slip boundary conditions we get.
=

The governing equations for temperature is

2
2
=

(
)
2

For nondimensional variables is 1 and hence the equation simplifies to

2
=
2
Solving this numerically using FDM using the code given below in MATLAB

function HT_Course_Project
clc;
format short;
l=1;
ecpr=input('Enter the value of Brinkman number');
h=input('Enter the value of step size');
Space=[0:h:l];
temp=size(Space);
n=temp(1,2);
T=zeros(1,n);
T(1,1)=0;
T(1,n)=1;
A=zeros(n-2);
B=zeros(1,n-2);
B=transpose(B);
A(1,1)=-2/(h^2);
A(1,2)=1/(h^2);
B(1)=-ecpr;
A(n-2,n-2)=-2/(h^2);
A(n-2,n-3)=1/(h^2);
B(n-2)=-ecpr-1/(h^2);
for i=2:n-3
A(i,i-1)=1/(h^2);
A(i,i)=-2/(h^2);
A(i,i+1)=1/(h^2);
B(i)=-ecpr;
end
T(1,2:n-1)=Solution_of_Tridiagonal_Matrix(A,B)
Actual=-0.5*ecpr*Space.^2+(1+0.5*ecpr)*Space;
for i=1:n
error(i)=Actual(i)-T(i);
end
grid on;
plot(Space,T,'b',Space,Actual,'r',Space,error,'g');
legend('Numerical','Actual','Error','Location','northwest')
end

Comparison between analytical and numerical solution and effect of Brinkman number is shown in
following figures.

Nondimensional Temperature

Nondimensional Plate Length

Nondimensional Temperature

Graph for actual and numerical solution and error between is shown in figure with EcPr=2

Nondimensional Plate Length

Effect of different values of EcPr is shown in figure with EcPr=1,2 and 3