a Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3200 N. Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
b School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Qld 4072, Australia
Abstract:
This paper offers theoretical results for fully developed slip-flow forced convection through a microchannel of semicircular cross-section. Numerical results are also presented to study the developing region. Velocity slip and temperature jump boundary conditions are applied at the uniformly heated walls. The results from the two different sources are cross validated and those pertaining to the limiting case of no-slip flow are found to be in good agreement with those available in the literature.