Question: A fluid of constant viscosity, with density given by ) = ( a r ( ) - b a r b a r ( )

A fluid of constant viscosity, with density given by )=(ar()-barbar()(T-bar(T)), is confined in a rectangular slot. The slot has vertical walls at x=+-B,y=+-W, and a top and bottom at z=+-H, with HWB. Gravity acts in the -z direction. The walls are nonisothermal, with temperature distribution Tw?b=ar(T)+Ay, so that the fluid circulates by free convection. The velocity profiles are to be predicted, for steady laminar-flow conditions and small deviations from the mean density ?bar().
a) Simplify the equations of continuity, motion, and/energy according to the postulates: v=zvz(x,y),del2vzdely2del2vzdelx2, and T=T(y). These postulates are reasonable for slow flow, except near the edges y=+-W and z=+-H.
b) List the boundary conditions to be used with the problem as simplified in (a).
c) Solve for the temperature, and velocity profiles.
d) Calculate the of constant A using velocity profile equation at )=(0, for an experiment with water at 20C in a chamber with B=0.1mm,W=2.0mm,bar()=0.998gcm3,bar()=0.00021K-1,=1.001910-2gcm.s, and H=2cm, if the maximum permissible convective movement is 0.1% of H in a one-hour experiment.
 A fluid of constant viscosity, with density given by )=(ar()-barbar()(T-bar(T)), is

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