1973 Volume 37 Issue 8 Pages 820-826,a1
The numerical solution of heat transfer to Newtonian fluids in Laminar flow in concentric annuli was obtained under the conditions of a constant temperature inner wall and an insulated outer wall, taking into account the temperature-dependency of viscosity and density. The solution was compared with the ana'ytical solution based on the extended Leveque method which had been previously obtained by the authors. As a result it was found that, in the case of a great temperature-dependency of physical properties, the accuracy of the extended Leveque method's solution concerning annuli was less satisfactory than that concerning tubes. Therefore the numerical solution was presented as plots of mean Nusselt number vs. Graetz number with diameter ratio r, viscosity ratio μω/μ0 and Grω/Reω as parameters. The numerical solution was in good agreement with the experimental data for two different diameter ratios κ.