The effect of temperature-dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on velocity and temperature field: an analytical solution using the perturbation technique

Abstract

This paper proposes a general form of the perturbation expansion method for the governing equations of viscous flow coupled to the temperature evolution. The effect of the variations of viscosity and thermal conductivity with temperature on the temperature and velocity fields in a steady two-dimensional Couette–Poiseuille flow is examined. The presented analytical solution by the perturbation method is validated against a finite difference solution of the governing equations. The numerical and analytical solutions are in good agreement.