Free convective heat transfer at a vertical semiinfinite plate

The effect of the boundary layer at the leading edge on heat transfer near a vertical semiinfinite heated plate is determined by means of matched asymptotic expansions. The criterial relation for air is in good agreement with existing experimental data.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 32–39, July, 1977.