Forced Convection Past an Oblate Spheroid at Low to Moderate Reynolds Numbers

Forced convection past a heated oblate spheroid is studied in an attempt to investigate the effect of the axis ratio on the heat transfer rate. The time-dependent full Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved using a series truncation method. The axis ratios considered range from 1/2 to 1 (a perfect sphere)

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