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Hindawi Publishing CorporationMathematical Problems in EngineeringVolume 2013 Article ID 806873 7 pageshttpdxdoiorg1011552013806873
Research ArticleSeries Solution for Steady Heat Transfer in a Heat-GeneratingFin with Convection and Radiation
Fazle Mabood1 Waqar A Khan2 and Ahmad Izani Md Ismail1
1 School of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 Penang Malaysia2 Department of Engineering Sciences NationalUniversity of Sciences andTechnology PNEngineeringCollege Karachi 75350 Pakistan
Correspondence should be addressed to Fazle Mabood mabood1971yahoocom
Received 27 May 2013 Accepted 7 August 2013
Academic Editor Farzad Khani
Copyright copy 2013 Fazle Mabood et al This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licensewhich permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited
The steady heat transfer in a heat-generating fin with simultaneous surface convection and radiation is studied analytically usingoptimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM)The steady response of the fin depends on the convection-conduction parameterradiation-conduction parameter heat generation parameter and dimensionless sink temperature The heat transfer problem ismodeled using two-point boundary value conditions The results of the dimensionless temperature profile for different values ofconvection-conduction radiation-conduction heat generation and sink temperature parameters are presented graphically and intabular form Comparison of the solution using OHAMwith homotopy analysis method (HAM) and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order numerical method for various values of controlling parameters is presented The comparison shows that the OHAMresults are in excellent agreement with NM
1 Introduction
Fins (extended surfaces) are widely used to enhance theheat transfer rate between a hot surface and its surroundingfluid Fin applications have included the cooling of computerprocessors air conditioning units refrigerators air-cooledengines and oil carrying pipelines In the past three decadesfins have gained vast recognition for cooling electronic toolsas heat sinks The subject of extended surface heat transferis now a fully developed technology but with continuingcontributions fromnumerous researchers Background infor-mation on heat transfer in extended surfaces may be foundin the books [1 2] where the authors have presented wide-ranging coverage of the various facts of this technology
Numerous mathematical models related to heat transferin fins of various shapes with different boundary conditionsare well documented in the research literature For instancethe mathematical analysis of convective fins was first pro-vided by Gardener [3] based on the assumption of constantconductivity and a uniform coefficient of convective heattransfer along the fin surface Khani et al [4] presented someexact solutions for 1D fin problem with uniform thermalconductivity and heat transfer coefficient Khani et al [5] also
provided a series solution for 1D fin problem with constantheat transfer coefficient and temperature dependent thermalconductivity
A variety of approximate analytical methods have beenused to study the transient response of fins Aziz and Na[6] presented a coordinate perturbation expansion for theresponse of an infinitely long fin due to a step changein the base temperature Chang et al [7] used the meth-ods of optimal linearization and variational embeddingand Campo [8] utilized variational techniques to analyzeradiative-convective fins under unsteady operating condi-tions Solutions for transient heat transfer were constructedfor fins by Onur [9] Aziz and Torabi [10] have presentedthe numerical analysis of transient heat transfer in fin withtemperature dependent heat transfer coefficient
Exact steady-state solutions of 2D models of fin havingconstant thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientandwith no internal heat generationwere analyzed in [11ndash17]The addition of internal heat generation function based withspatial dependence is discussed [18ndash20]
In this paper we used a new approximate methodnamely optimal homotopy asymptotic method [21ndash27] forsteady-state heat transfer with internal heat generation fin
2 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Insulated tip
Cross-sectional
h Tinfin
120576
Tb
x
x = 0
x = b
k 120572 q
Perimeter P
area A
Figure 1 A straight fin with constant cross-sectional area
and investigated numerically the effects of the differentgoverning parameters on dimensionless temperature profilein a nonlinear fin-type problem For comparison purposesthe governing highly nonlinear problem is also solved usingRunge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method and homo-topy analysis method (HAM) developed by Liao [28]
The paper is planned as follows in Section 2 we formu-late our nonlinear problem basic principles of OHAM arediscussed in Section 3 solution of the problem via OHAMis presented in Section 4 and Section 5 is reserved for resultsand discussion Conclusions are drawn in Section 6
2 Mathematical Formulation
Consider a straight fin of constant cross-sectional area 119860
(rectangular cylindrical elliptic etc) perimeter of the cross-section 119875 and length 119887 as shown in Figure 1 The fin hasa thermal conductivity 119896 and a thermal diffusivity 120572 Thesurface of the fin behaves as a gray diffuse surface with anemissivity 120576 The fin is deemed to be initially in thermalequilibriumwith the surroundings at temperature119879
119904 Its tip is
insulated A volumetric internal heat generation rate 119902 occursin the fin The fin loses heat by simultaneous convection andradiation to its surroundings at temperature 119879
119904 The same
sink temperature is used for both convection and radiationto avoid the introduction of an additional parameter in theproblem
For one-dimensional steady conduction in the fin theenergy equation may be written as
1205972
119879
1205971199092minus
ℎ119875
119896119860(119879 minus 119879
119904) minus
120576120590119875 (1198794
minus 1198794
119904)
119896119860+
119902
119896= 0 (1)
The initial and boundary conditions are
119879 (119909) = 119879119904
119879 (119887) = 119879119887
119889119879
119889119909(0) = 0
(2)
where 119909 is measured from the tip of the fin with theintroduction of the following definitions
120579 =119879
119879119887
120579119904=
119879119904
119879119887
119883 =119909
119887 ℎ
119887= 119862 (119879
119887minus 119879119904)
119873119888=
ℎ1198871198751198872
119896119860 119873
119903=
1205761205901198751198793
1199041198872
119896119860
119876gen =1199021198872
119896119879119887
(3)
Equations (2) and (3) can be written in dimensionless formas follows
1198892
120579
1198891198832minus
119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)(120579 minus 120579
119904)2
minus 119873119903(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) + 119876gen = 0 (4)
120579 (119887) = 1 (5)
119889120579
119889119883(0) = 0 (6)
The instantaneous base heat flow is given by
119902119887= 119896119860
119889119879
119889119909(119887) (7)
which may be expressed in dimensionless form as follows
119876119887=
119902119887119887
119896119860119879119887
=119889120579
119889119883(1) (8)
The instantaneous convective heat loss from the fin is givenby
119902119888= 119875int
119887
0
ℎ (119879 minus 119879119904) 119889119909 (9)
or in dimensionless form as
119876119888=
119902119888119887
119896119860119879119887
=119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)int
1
0
(120579 minus 120579119904)2
119889119883 (10)
Similarly the instantaneous radiative heat loss from the fincan be obtained as
119902119903= 120576120590119875int
119887
0
(1198794
minus 1198794
119904) 119889119909 (11)
or in dimensionless form as
119876119903=
119902119903119887
119896119860119879119887
= 119873119903int
1
0
(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) 119889119883 (12)
The instantaneous total surface heat loss in dimensionlessform is the sum of convective and radiative losses given by(11) and (13) that is
119876loss = 119876119888+ 119876119903 (13)
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 3
The instantaneous rate of energy storage in the fin can becalculated from the energy balance as follows
119902stored = 119902119887+ 119902gen minus 119902loss (14)
or in dimensionless form as119876stored = 119876
119887+ 119876gen minus 119876loss (15)
where
119876gen =1199021198872
119896119879119887
(16)
3 Basic Principles of OHAM
We review the basic principles of OHAM as expounded byMarinca et al [21ndash24] as well as other researchers including[25 26]
(i) Let us consider the following differential equationI [v (120596)] + 119886 (120596) = 0 119909 isin Ω (17)
where Ω is problem domain I(v) = 119871(v) + 119873(v)where 119871 and 119873 are linear and nonlinear operatorsv(119909) is an unknown function and 119886(120596) is a knownfunction
(ii) Construct an optimal homotopy equation as(1 minus 119901)[119871 (120601 (120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]minus119867 (119901)[I (120601(120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]=0
(18)
where 0 le 119901 le 1 is an embedding parameter and119867(119901) = sum
119898
119896=1119901119896
119862119896is auxiliary function on which
the convergence of the solution greatly depends Theauxiliary function 119867(119901) also adjusts the convergencedomain and controls the convergence region
(iii) Expand 120601(120596 119901 119862119895) in Taylorrsquos series about 119901 One has
an approximate solution
120601 (120596 119901 119862119895) = v0(120596) +
infin
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) 119901119896
119895 = 1 2 3
(19)
Many researchers have observed that the convergenceof the series equation (19) depends upon 119862
119895 (119895 =
1 2 119898) If it is convergent then we obtain
v = v0(120596) +
119898
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) (20)
(iv) Substituting (20) in (17) we have the following resid-ual
119877 (120596 119862119895) = 119871 (v (120596 119862
119895)) + 119886 (120596) + 119873(v (120596 119862
119895)) (21)
If 119877(120596 119862119895) = 0 then v will be the exact solution
For nonlinear problems generally this will not be thecase For determining119862
119895(119895 = 1 2 119898) Galerkinrsquos
Method Ritz Method or the method of least squarescan be used
(v) Finally substitute these constants in (21) and one canget the approximate solution
4 OHAM Solution for Heat-Generating Fin
According to the OHAM (1) can be written as
(1 minus 119901) (12057910158401015840
) minus 119867 (119901)
times (12057910158401015840
minus119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)(120579 minus 120579
119904)2
minus 119873119903(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) + 119876119892) = 0
(22)
where prime denotes differentiation with respect to 119883We consider 120579 and 119867(119901) as follows
120579 = 1205790+ 1199011205791+ 1199012
1205792
119867 (119901) = 1199011198621+ 1199012
1198622
(23)
Using (23) in (22) and after some simplifying and rearrangingthe terms based on the powers of 119901 we obtain the zeroth-first- and second-order problems as follows
The zeroth-order problem is
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0 (24)
with boundary conditions
1205790(119887) = 1
1198891205790(0)
119889119883= 0 (25)
Its solution is
1205790(119883) = 1 (26)
The first-order problem is
1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832minus 1198621119876119892+
11986211198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986211198731199031205794
119904minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986211198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986211198731199031205794
0minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0
(27)
with boundary conditions
1205791(119887) = 0
1198891205791(0)
119889119883= 0 (28)
having solution
1205791(119883 1198621) =
1
2(1198872
1198621119873119888minus 1198832
1198621119873119888+ 1198872
1198621119873119903minus 1198832
1198621119873119903
minus 1198872
1198621119876119892+ 1198832
1198621119876119892minus 1198872
1198621119873119888120579119904
+1198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus 1198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904+ 1198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904)
(29)
4 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Table 1 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 01 119873
119903= 01 and 120579
119904= 001
119883119876119892= 0 119876
119892= 1
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 09078 09075 09078 0 0033 18085 18081 18085 0 002201 09088 09081 09087 0011 0066 18005 18011 18007 0011 002202 09115 09112 09115 0 0032 17763 17759 17770 0039 006103 09161 09158 09161 0 0032 17358 17352 17375 0098 013204 09226 09220 09224 0021 0043 16792 16788 16821 0172 039805 09308 09302 09306 0021 0042 16065 16062 16105 0248 026606 09410 09413 09407 0032 0063 15175 15181 15224 0321 037407 09529 09522 09526 0031 0041 14124 14111 14176 0366 045808 09668 09671 09665 0031 0062 12911 12909 12958 0362 037809 09825 09818 09822 0031 004 11536 11521 11567 0268 039710 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Table 2 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 05 119873
119888= 05 and 119876
119892= 2
119883120579119904= 001 120579
119904= 04
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 13389 13373 13383 0044 0074 13886 13878 13886 0 005701 13357 13350 13352 0277 0014 13847 13844 13852 0036 005702 13256 13248 13260 0031 0090 13731 13727 13748 0123 015203 13086 13068 13106 0152 0289 13537 13540 13574 0272 025004 12849 12821 12887 0295 0512 13265 13247 13326 0458 059205 12544 12543 12600 0444 0452 12915 12911 13000 0654 068406 12171 12156 12243 0588 0710 12487 12472 12591 0826 094507 11729 11717 11809 0677 0779 12012 12010 12095 0686 070208 11221 11212 11295 0655 0734 11399 11386 11402 0796 014009 10644 10637 10694 0467 0533 10738 10725 10807 0638 075810 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
The second-order problem is
1198892
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
1198891198832minus 1198622119876119892+
11986221198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986221198731199031205794
119904minus
211986221198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986221198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986221198731199031205794
0minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205791
1 minus 120579119904
+2119862111987311988812057901205791
1 minus 120579119904
+ 411986211198731199031205793
01205791minus 1198622
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832= 0
(30)
with boundary conditions
1205792(119887) = 0
1198891205792(0)
119889119883= 0 (31)
It is given by
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
=1
12(61198872
1198621119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119888+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119888minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119888
+ 61198872
1198622119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119888+ 51198874
1198622
11198732
119888
minus 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888+ 1198834
1198622
11198732
119888+ 61198872
1198621119873119903+ 151198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119903minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119903+ 61198872
1198622119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119903
+ 101198874
1198622
11198732
119903minus 121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119903minus 181198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 31198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903minus 61198872
1198622
1119876119892+ 61198832
1198622
1119876119892minus 61198872
1198622119876119892
+ 21198834
1198622
11198732
119903minus 61198872
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198622119876119892
minus 51198874
1198622
1119873119888119876119892+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119876119892minus 1198834
1198622
1119873119888119876119892
minus 101198874
1198622
1119873119903119876119892+ 121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119903119876119892minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119903119876119892
minus 61198872
1198621119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus61198872
1198622
1119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622
1119873119888120579119904
minus 61198872
1198622119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622119873119888120579119904minus1198834
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus51198874
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus101198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904+121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904
minus 61198872
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904minus 61198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904minus 61198872
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904+ 61198832
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 51198874
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 5
Table 3 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 01 120579
119904= 01 and 119876
119892= 0
119883119873119888= 01 119873
119888= 03 119873
119888= 1
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 08172 08187 0183 07623 07668 0586 06409 06465 086601 08190 08190 0 07647 07691 0572 06445 06496 078502 08245 08259 0169 07718 07758 0515 06552 06592 060703 08336 08348 0143 07883 07871 0152 06732 06752 029604 08464 08474 0118 08004 08029 0311 06983 06979 005705 08629 08636 0081 08217 08234 0206 07307 07375 092206 08830 08834 0045 08579 08586 0081 07696 07646 065407 09067 09069 0022 08788 08788 0 08018 08096 096308 09341 09341 0 09145 09138 0076 08693 08632 070709 09652 09651 0010 09548 09541 0073 09291 09263 030210 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Table 4 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 05 120579
119904= 03 and 119876
119892= 1
119883119873119903= 01 119873
119903= 03 119873
119903= 05
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 11866 11869 0025 11166 11204 0339 10521 10522 0009
01 11848 11852 0033 11154 11193 0348 10516 10518 0019
02 11792 11801 0076 11119 11160 0367 10501 10503 0019
03 11698 11715 0145 11061 11104 0387 10477 10479 0019
04 11568 11590 0189 10979 11026 0426 10442 10445 0028
05 11400 11435 0306 10874 10923 0448 10398 10400 0019
06 11194 11237 0382 10746 10795 0453 10342 10345 0028
07 10952 10997 0409 10594 10641 0441 10275 10278 0029
08 10672 10713 0382 10419 10458 0373 10196 10198 0019
09 10354 10382 0269 10221 10245 0234 10104 10106 0019
10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 1198834
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 101198874
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904
+121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904)
(32)
The second-order approximate solution by OHAM for 119901 = 1
is
120579 (119883 1198621 1198622) = 1205790(119883) + 120579
1(119883 1198621) + 1205792(119883 1198621 1198622) (33)
We use the method of least squares to obtain 1198621 1198622the
unknown convergent constant in 120579In particular case119862
1= minus000002137 and119862
2= minus079986
for 119873119903= 03 119873
119888= 03 119876
119892= 04 120579
119904= 02 and 119887 = 1
By considering the values of 1198621 1198622in (33) and after
simplifying the second-order approximate analytical OHAMsolution can be obtained
120579 = 1 +1
2(minus0000002982 + 2982 times 10
minus6
1198832
)
+1
12(minus06696 + 0669596119883
2
+ 573 times 10minus11
1198834
)
(34)
5 Results and Discussion
Equation (4) shows that fin temperature is based on fourparameters119873
119903119873119888 120579119904 and119876
119892which govern this highly non-
linear second-order differential equation The effect of eachparameter on fin temperature is tabulated and graphicallypresented for different values of the controlling parameters
In order to validate the accuracy of our approximatesolution via OHAM we have presented a comparative studyof OHAM solution with homotopy analysis method (HAM)and numerical solution (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-ordermethod) Table 1 has been prepared to exhibit the com-parison of dimensionless temperature 120579 obtained by OHAMhomotopy analysis method (HAM) and the numericalmethod (NM) for several values of heat-generating parameter119876119892 when other parameters are fixed It is observed that
with increasing values of internal heat-generating parameter119876119892 the temperature profile gradually increases Clearly the
OHAM solutions are very close to the numerical solution ascompared to HAM This can be seen from the percentageerror in the dimensionless temperature obtained by OHAMHAM and NMThe increase in dimensionless temperature 120579
is also evident in Table 2 in which we have used different val-ues of sink temperature parameter 120579
119904 and other parameters
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
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2 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Insulated tip
Cross-sectional
h Tinfin
120576
Tb
x
x = 0
x = b
k 120572 q
Perimeter P
area A
Figure 1 A straight fin with constant cross-sectional area
and investigated numerically the effects of the differentgoverning parameters on dimensionless temperature profilein a nonlinear fin-type problem For comparison purposesthe governing highly nonlinear problem is also solved usingRunge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method and homo-topy analysis method (HAM) developed by Liao [28]
The paper is planned as follows in Section 2 we formu-late our nonlinear problem basic principles of OHAM arediscussed in Section 3 solution of the problem via OHAMis presented in Section 4 and Section 5 is reserved for resultsand discussion Conclusions are drawn in Section 6
2 Mathematical Formulation
Consider a straight fin of constant cross-sectional area 119860
(rectangular cylindrical elliptic etc) perimeter of the cross-section 119875 and length 119887 as shown in Figure 1 The fin hasa thermal conductivity 119896 and a thermal diffusivity 120572 Thesurface of the fin behaves as a gray diffuse surface with anemissivity 120576 The fin is deemed to be initially in thermalequilibriumwith the surroundings at temperature119879
119904 Its tip is
insulated A volumetric internal heat generation rate 119902 occursin the fin The fin loses heat by simultaneous convection andradiation to its surroundings at temperature 119879
119904 The same
sink temperature is used for both convection and radiationto avoid the introduction of an additional parameter in theproblem
For one-dimensional steady conduction in the fin theenergy equation may be written as
1205972
119879
1205971199092minus
ℎ119875
119896119860(119879 minus 119879
119904) minus
120576120590119875 (1198794
minus 1198794
119904)
119896119860+
119902
119896= 0 (1)
The initial and boundary conditions are
119879 (119909) = 119879119904
119879 (119887) = 119879119887
119889119879
119889119909(0) = 0
(2)
where 119909 is measured from the tip of the fin with theintroduction of the following definitions
120579 =119879
119879119887
120579119904=
119879119904
119879119887
119883 =119909
119887 ℎ
119887= 119862 (119879
119887minus 119879119904)
119873119888=
ℎ1198871198751198872
119896119860 119873
119903=
1205761205901198751198793
1199041198872
119896119860
119876gen =1199021198872
119896119879119887
(3)
Equations (2) and (3) can be written in dimensionless formas follows
1198892
120579
1198891198832minus
119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)(120579 minus 120579
119904)2
minus 119873119903(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) + 119876gen = 0 (4)
120579 (119887) = 1 (5)
119889120579
119889119883(0) = 0 (6)
The instantaneous base heat flow is given by
119902119887= 119896119860
119889119879
119889119909(119887) (7)
which may be expressed in dimensionless form as follows
119876119887=
119902119887119887
119896119860119879119887
=119889120579
119889119883(1) (8)
The instantaneous convective heat loss from the fin is givenby
119902119888= 119875int
119887
0
ℎ (119879 minus 119879119904) 119889119909 (9)
or in dimensionless form as
119876119888=
119902119888119887
119896119860119879119887
=119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)int
1
0
(120579 minus 120579119904)2
119889119883 (10)
Similarly the instantaneous radiative heat loss from the fincan be obtained as
119902119903= 120576120590119875int
119887
0
(1198794
minus 1198794
119904) 119889119909 (11)
or in dimensionless form as
119876119903=
119902119903119887
119896119860119879119887
= 119873119903int
1
0
(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) 119889119883 (12)
The instantaneous total surface heat loss in dimensionlessform is the sum of convective and radiative losses given by(11) and (13) that is
119876loss = 119876119888+ 119876119903 (13)
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 3
The instantaneous rate of energy storage in the fin can becalculated from the energy balance as follows
119902stored = 119902119887+ 119902gen minus 119902loss (14)
or in dimensionless form as119876stored = 119876
119887+ 119876gen minus 119876loss (15)
where
119876gen =1199021198872
119896119879119887
(16)
3 Basic Principles of OHAM
We review the basic principles of OHAM as expounded byMarinca et al [21ndash24] as well as other researchers including[25 26]
(i) Let us consider the following differential equationI [v (120596)] + 119886 (120596) = 0 119909 isin Ω (17)
where Ω is problem domain I(v) = 119871(v) + 119873(v)where 119871 and 119873 are linear and nonlinear operatorsv(119909) is an unknown function and 119886(120596) is a knownfunction
(ii) Construct an optimal homotopy equation as(1 minus 119901)[119871 (120601 (120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]minus119867 (119901)[I (120601(120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]=0
(18)
where 0 le 119901 le 1 is an embedding parameter and119867(119901) = sum
119898
119896=1119901119896
119862119896is auxiliary function on which
the convergence of the solution greatly depends Theauxiliary function 119867(119901) also adjusts the convergencedomain and controls the convergence region
(iii) Expand 120601(120596 119901 119862119895) in Taylorrsquos series about 119901 One has
an approximate solution
120601 (120596 119901 119862119895) = v0(120596) +
infin
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) 119901119896
119895 = 1 2 3
(19)
Many researchers have observed that the convergenceof the series equation (19) depends upon 119862
119895 (119895 =
1 2 119898) If it is convergent then we obtain
v = v0(120596) +
119898
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) (20)
(iv) Substituting (20) in (17) we have the following resid-ual
119877 (120596 119862119895) = 119871 (v (120596 119862
119895)) + 119886 (120596) + 119873(v (120596 119862
119895)) (21)
If 119877(120596 119862119895) = 0 then v will be the exact solution
For nonlinear problems generally this will not be thecase For determining119862
119895(119895 = 1 2 119898) Galerkinrsquos
Method Ritz Method or the method of least squarescan be used
(v) Finally substitute these constants in (21) and one canget the approximate solution
4 OHAM Solution for Heat-Generating Fin
According to the OHAM (1) can be written as
(1 minus 119901) (12057910158401015840
) minus 119867 (119901)
times (12057910158401015840
minus119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)(120579 minus 120579
119904)2
minus 119873119903(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) + 119876119892) = 0
(22)
where prime denotes differentiation with respect to 119883We consider 120579 and 119867(119901) as follows
120579 = 1205790+ 1199011205791+ 1199012
1205792
119867 (119901) = 1199011198621+ 1199012
1198622
(23)
Using (23) in (22) and after some simplifying and rearrangingthe terms based on the powers of 119901 we obtain the zeroth-first- and second-order problems as follows
The zeroth-order problem is
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0 (24)
with boundary conditions
1205790(119887) = 1
1198891205790(0)
119889119883= 0 (25)
Its solution is
1205790(119883) = 1 (26)
The first-order problem is
1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832minus 1198621119876119892+
11986211198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986211198731199031205794
119904minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986211198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986211198731199031205794
0minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0
(27)
with boundary conditions
1205791(119887) = 0
1198891205791(0)
119889119883= 0 (28)
having solution
1205791(119883 1198621) =
1
2(1198872
1198621119873119888minus 1198832
1198621119873119888+ 1198872
1198621119873119903minus 1198832
1198621119873119903
minus 1198872
1198621119876119892+ 1198832
1198621119876119892minus 1198872
1198621119873119888120579119904
+1198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus 1198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904+ 1198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904)
(29)
4 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Table 1 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 01 119873
119903= 01 and 120579
119904= 001
119883119876119892= 0 119876
119892= 1
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 09078 09075 09078 0 0033 18085 18081 18085 0 002201 09088 09081 09087 0011 0066 18005 18011 18007 0011 002202 09115 09112 09115 0 0032 17763 17759 17770 0039 006103 09161 09158 09161 0 0032 17358 17352 17375 0098 013204 09226 09220 09224 0021 0043 16792 16788 16821 0172 039805 09308 09302 09306 0021 0042 16065 16062 16105 0248 026606 09410 09413 09407 0032 0063 15175 15181 15224 0321 037407 09529 09522 09526 0031 0041 14124 14111 14176 0366 045808 09668 09671 09665 0031 0062 12911 12909 12958 0362 037809 09825 09818 09822 0031 004 11536 11521 11567 0268 039710 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Table 2 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 05 119873
119888= 05 and 119876
119892= 2
119883120579119904= 001 120579
119904= 04
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 13389 13373 13383 0044 0074 13886 13878 13886 0 005701 13357 13350 13352 0277 0014 13847 13844 13852 0036 005702 13256 13248 13260 0031 0090 13731 13727 13748 0123 015203 13086 13068 13106 0152 0289 13537 13540 13574 0272 025004 12849 12821 12887 0295 0512 13265 13247 13326 0458 059205 12544 12543 12600 0444 0452 12915 12911 13000 0654 068406 12171 12156 12243 0588 0710 12487 12472 12591 0826 094507 11729 11717 11809 0677 0779 12012 12010 12095 0686 070208 11221 11212 11295 0655 0734 11399 11386 11402 0796 014009 10644 10637 10694 0467 0533 10738 10725 10807 0638 075810 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
The second-order problem is
1198892
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
1198891198832minus 1198622119876119892+
11986221198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986221198731199031205794
119904minus
211986221198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986221198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986221198731199031205794
0minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205791
1 minus 120579119904
+2119862111987311988812057901205791
1 minus 120579119904
+ 411986211198731199031205793
01205791minus 1198622
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832= 0
(30)
with boundary conditions
1205792(119887) = 0
1198891205792(0)
119889119883= 0 (31)
It is given by
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
=1
12(61198872
1198621119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119888+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119888minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119888
+ 61198872
1198622119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119888+ 51198874
1198622
11198732
119888
minus 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888+ 1198834
1198622
11198732
119888+ 61198872
1198621119873119903+ 151198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119903minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119903+ 61198872
1198622119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119903
+ 101198874
1198622
11198732
119903minus 121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119903minus 181198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 31198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903minus 61198872
1198622
1119876119892+ 61198832
1198622
1119876119892minus 61198872
1198622119876119892
+ 21198834
1198622
11198732
119903minus 61198872
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198622119876119892
minus 51198874
1198622
1119873119888119876119892+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119876119892minus 1198834
1198622
1119873119888119876119892
minus 101198874
1198622
1119873119903119876119892+ 121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119903119876119892minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119903119876119892
minus 61198872
1198621119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus61198872
1198622
1119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622
1119873119888120579119904
minus 61198872
1198622119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622119873119888120579119904minus1198834
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus51198874
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus101198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904+121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904
minus 61198872
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904minus 61198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904minus 61198872
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904+ 61198832
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 51198874
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 5
Table 3 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 01 120579
119904= 01 and 119876
119892= 0
119883119873119888= 01 119873
119888= 03 119873
119888= 1
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 08172 08187 0183 07623 07668 0586 06409 06465 086601 08190 08190 0 07647 07691 0572 06445 06496 078502 08245 08259 0169 07718 07758 0515 06552 06592 060703 08336 08348 0143 07883 07871 0152 06732 06752 029604 08464 08474 0118 08004 08029 0311 06983 06979 005705 08629 08636 0081 08217 08234 0206 07307 07375 092206 08830 08834 0045 08579 08586 0081 07696 07646 065407 09067 09069 0022 08788 08788 0 08018 08096 096308 09341 09341 0 09145 09138 0076 08693 08632 070709 09652 09651 0010 09548 09541 0073 09291 09263 030210 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Table 4 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 05 120579
119904= 03 and 119876
119892= 1
119883119873119903= 01 119873
119903= 03 119873
119903= 05
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 11866 11869 0025 11166 11204 0339 10521 10522 0009
01 11848 11852 0033 11154 11193 0348 10516 10518 0019
02 11792 11801 0076 11119 11160 0367 10501 10503 0019
03 11698 11715 0145 11061 11104 0387 10477 10479 0019
04 11568 11590 0189 10979 11026 0426 10442 10445 0028
05 11400 11435 0306 10874 10923 0448 10398 10400 0019
06 11194 11237 0382 10746 10795 0453 10342 10345 0028
07 10952 10997 0409 10594 10641 0441 10275 10278 0029
08 10672 10713 0382 10419 10458 0373 10196 10198 0019
09 10354 10382 0269 10221 10245 0234 10104 10106 0019
10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 1198834
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 101198874
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904
+121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904)
(32)
The second-order approximate solution by OHAM for 119901 = 1
is
120579 (119883 1198621 1198622) = 1205790(119883) + 120579
1(119883 1198621) + 1205792(119883 1198621 1198622) (33)
We use the method of least squares to obtain 1198621 1198622the
unknown convergent constant in 120579In particular case119862
1= minus000002137 and119862
2= minus079986
for 119873119903= 03 119873
119888= 03 119876
119892= 04 120579
119904= 02 and 119887 = 1
By considering the values of 1198621 1198622in (33) and after
simplifying the second-order approximate analytical OHAMsolution can be obtained
120579 = 1 +1
2(minus0000002982 + 2982 times 10
minus6
1198832
)
+1
12(minus06696 + 0669596119883
2
+ 573 times 10minus11
1198834
)
(34)
5 Results and Discussion
Equation (4) shows that fin temperature is based on fourparameters119873
119903119873119888 120579119904 and119876
119892which govern this highly non-
linear second-order differential equation The effect of eachparameter on fin temperature is tabulated and graphicallypresented for different values of the controlling parameters
In order to validate the accuracy of our approximatesolution via OHAM we have presented a comparative studyof OHAM solution with homotopy analysis method (HAM)and numerical solution (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-ordermethod) Table 1 has been prepared to exhibit the com-parison of dimensionless temperature 120579 obtained by OHAMhomotopy analysis method (HAM) and the numericalmethod (NM) for several values of heat-generating parameter119876119892 when other parameters are fixed It is observed that
with increasing values of internal heat-generating parameter119876119892 the temperature profile gradually increases Clearly the
OHAM solutions are very close to the numerical solution ascompared to HAM This can be seen from the percentageerror in the dimensionless temperature obtained by OHAMHAM and NMThe increase in dimensionless temperature 120579
is also evident in Table 2 in which we have used different val-ues of sink temperature parameter 120579
119904 and other parameters
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
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The instantaneous rate of energy storage in the fin can becalculated from the energy balance as follows
119902stored = 119902119887+ 119902gen minus 119902loss (14)
or in dimensionless form as119876stored = 119876
119887+ 119876gen minus 119876loss (15)
where
119876gen =1199021198872
119896119879119887
(16)
3 Basic Principles of OHAM
We review the basic principles of OHAM as expounded byMarinca et al [21ndash24] as well as other researchers including[25 26]
(i) Let us consider the following differential equationI [v (120596)] + 119886 (120596) = 0 119909 isin Ω (17)
where Ω is problem domain I(v) = 119871(v) + 119873(v)where 119871 and 119873 are linear and nonlinear operatorsv(119909) is an unknown function and 119886(120596) is a knownfunction
(ii) Construct an optimal homotopy equation as(1 minus 119901)[119871 (120601 (120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]minus119867 (119901)[I (120601(120596 119901))+119886 (120596)]=0
(18)
where 0 le 119901 le 1 is an embedding parameter and119867(119901) = sum
119898
119896=1119901119896
119862119896is auxiliary function on which
the convergence of the solution greatly depends Theauxiliary function 119867(119901) also adjusts the convergencedomain and controls the convergence region
(iii) Expand 120601(120596 119901 119862119895) in Taylorrsquos series about 119901 One has
an approximate solution
120601 (120596 119901 119862119895) = v0(120596) +
infin
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) 119901119896
119895 = 1 2 3
(19)
Many researchers have observed that the convergenceof the series equation (19) depends upon 119862
119895 (119895 =
1 2 119898) If it is convergent then we obtain
v = v0(120596) +
119898
sum
119896=1
v119896(120596 119862119895) (20)
(iv) Substituting (20) in (17) we have the following resid-ual
119877 (120596 119862119895) = 119871 (v (120596 119862
119895)) + 119886 (120596) + 119873(v (120596 119862
119895)) (21)
If 119877(120596 119862119895) = 0 then v will be the exact solution
For nonlinear problems generally this will not be thecase For determining119862
119895(119895 = 1 2 119898) Galerkinrsquos
Method Ritz Method or the method of least squarescan be used
(v) Finally substitute these constants in (21) and one canget the approximate solution
4 OHAM Solution for Heat-Generating Fin
According to the OHAM (1) can be written as
(1 minus 119901) (12057910158401015840
) minus 119867 (119901)
times (12057910158401015840
minus119873119888
(1 minus 120579119904)(120579 minus 120579
119904)2
minus 119873119903(1205794
minus 1205794
119904) + 119876119892) = 0
(22)
where prime denotes differentiation with respect to 119883We consider 120579 and 119867(119901) as follows
120579 = 1205790+ 1199011205791+ 1199012
1205792
119867 (119901) = 1199011198621+ 1199012
1198622
(23)
Using (23) in (22) and after some simplifying and rearrangingthe terms based on the powers of 119901 we obtain the zeroth-first- and second-order problems as follows
The zeroth-order problem is
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0 (24)
with boundary conditions
1205790(119887) = 1
1198891205790(0)
119889119883= 0 (25)
Its solution is
1205790(119883) = 1 (26)
The first-order problem is
1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832minus 1198621119876119892+
11986211198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986211198731199031205794
119904minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986211198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986211198731199031205794
0minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832= 0
(27)
with boundary conditions
1205791(119887) = 0
1198891205791(0)
119889119883= 0 (28)
having solution
1205791(119883 1198621) =
1
2(1198872
1198621119873119888minus 1198832
1198621119873119888+ 1198872
1198621119873119903minus 1198832
1198621119873119903
minus 1198872
1198621119876119892+ 1198832
1198621119876119892minus 1198872
1198621119873119888120579119904
+1198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus 1198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904+ 1198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904)
(29)
4 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Table 1 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 01 119873
119903= 01 and 120579
119904= 001
119883119876119892= 0 119876
119892= 1
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 09078 09075 09078 0 0033 18085 18081 18085 0 002201 09088 09081 09087 0011 0066 18005 18011 18007 0011 002202 09115 09112 09115 0 0032 17763 17759 17770 0039 006103 09161 09158 09161 0 0032 17358 17352 17375 0098 013204 09226 09220 09224 0021 0043 16792 16788 16821 0172 039805 09308 09302 09306 0021 0042 16065 16062 16105 0248 026606 09410 09413 09407 0032 0063 15175 15181 15224 0321 037407 09529 09522 09526 0031 0041 14124 14111 14176 0366 045808 09668 09671 09665 0031 0062 12911 12909 12958 0362 037809 09825 09818 09822 0031 004 11536 11521 11567 0268 039710 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Table 2 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 05 119873
119888= 05 and 119876
119892= 2
119883120579119904= 001 120579
119904= 04
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 13389 13373 13383 0044 0074 13886 13878 13886 0 005701 13357 13350 13352 0277 0014 13847 13844 13852 0036 005702 13256 13248 13260 0031 0090 13731 13727 13748 0123 015203 13086 13068 13106 0152 0289 13537 13540 13574 0272 025004 12849 12821 12887 0295 0512 13265 13247 13326 0458 059205 12544 12543 12600 0444 0452 12915 12911 13000 0654 068406 12171 12156 12243 0588 0710 12487 12472 12591 0826 094507 11729 11717 11809 0677 0779 12012 12010 12095 0686 070208 11221 11212 11295 0655 0734 11399 11386 11402 0796 014009 10644 10637 10694 0467 0533 10738 10725 10807 0638 075810 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
The second-order problem is
1198892
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
1198891198832minus 1198622119876119892+
11986221198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986221198731199031205794
119904minus
211986221198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986221198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986221198731199031205794
0minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205791
1 minus 120579119904
+2119862111987311988812057901205791
1 minus 120579119904
+ 411986211198731199031205793
01205791minus 1198622
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832= 0
(30)
with boundary conditions
1205792(119887) = 0
1198891205792(0)
119889119883= 0 (31)
It is given by
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
=1
12(61198872
1198621119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119888+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119888minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119888
+ 61198872
1198622119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119888+ 51198874
1198622
11198732
119888
minus 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888+ 1198834
1198622
11198732
119888+ 61198872
1198621119873119903+ 151198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119903minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119903+ 61198872
1198622119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119903
+ 101198874
1198622
11198732
119903minus 121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119903minus 181198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 31198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903minus 61198872
1198622
1119876119892+ 61198832
1198622
1119876119892minus 61198872
1198622119876119892
+ 21198834
1198622
11198732
119903minus 61198872
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198622119876119892
minus 51198874
1198622
1119873119888119876119892+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119876119892minus 1198834
1198622
1119873119888119876119892
minus 101198874
1198622
1119873119903119876119892+ 121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119903119876119892minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119903119876119892
minus 61198872
1198621119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus61198872
1198622
1119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622
1119873119888120579119904
minus 61198872
1198622119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622119873119888120579119904minus1198834
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus51198874
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus101198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904+121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904
minus 61198872
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904minus 61198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904minus 61198872
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904+ 61198832
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 51198874
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 5
Table 3 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 01 120579
119904= 01 and 119876
119892= 0
119883119873119888= 01 119873
119888= 03 119873
119888= 1
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 08172 08187 0183 07623 07668 0586 06409 06465 086601 08190 08190 0 07647 07691 0572 06445 06496 078502 08245 08259 0169 07718 07758 0515 06552 06592 060703 08336 08348 0143 07883 07871 0152 06732 06752 029604 08464 08474 0118 08004 08029 0311 06983 06979 005705 08629 08636 0081 08217 08234 0206 07307 07375 092206 08830 08834 0045 08579 08586 0081 07696 07646 065407 09067 09069 0022 08788 08788 0 08018 08096 096308 09341 09341 0 09145 09138 0076 08693 08632 070709 09652 09651 0010 09548 09541 0073 09291 09263 030210 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Table 4 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 05 120579
119904= 03 and 119876
119892= 1
119883119873119903= 01 119873
119903= 03 119873
119903= 05
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 11866 11869 0025 11166 11204 0339 10521 10522 0009
01 11848 11852 0033 11154 11193 0348 10516 10518 0019
02 11792 11801 0076 11119 11160 0367 10501 10503 0019
03 11698 11715 0145 11061 11104 0387 10477 10479 0019
04 11568 11590 0189 10979 11026 0426 10442 10445 0028
05 11400 11435 0306 10874 10923 0448 10398 10400 0019
06 11194 11237 0382 10746 10795 0453 10342 10345 0028
07 10952 10997 0409 10594 10641 0441 10275 10278 0029
08 10672 10713 0382 10419 10458 0373 10196 10198 0019
09 10354 10382 0269 10221 10245 0234 10104 10106 0019
10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 1198834
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 101198874
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904
+121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904)
(32)
The second-order approximate solution by OHAM for 119901 = 1
is
120579 (119883 1198621 1198622) = 1205790(119883) + 120579
1(119883 1198621) + 1205792(119883 1198621 1198622) (33)
We use the method of least squares to obtain 1198621 1198622the
unknown convergent constant in 120579In particular case119862
1= minus000002137 and119862
2= minus079986
for 119873119903= 03 119873
119888= 03 119876
119892= 04 120579
119904= 02 and 119887 = 1
By considering the values of 1198621 1198622in (33) and after
simplifying the second-order approximate analytical OHAMsolution can be obtained
120579 = 1 +1
2(minus0000002982 + 2982 times 10
minus6
1198832
)
+1
12(minus06696 + 0669596119883
2
+ 573 times 10minus11
1198834
)
(34)
5 Results and Discussion
Equation (4) shows that fin temperature is based on fourparameters119873
119903119873119888 120579119904 and119876
119892which govern this highly non-
linear second-order differential equation The effect of eachparameter on fin temperature is tabulated and graphicallypresented for different values of the controlling parameters
In order to validate the accuracy of our approximatesolution via OHAM we have presented a comparative studyof OHAM solution with homotopy analysis method (HAM)and numerical solution (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-ordermethod) Table 1 has been prepared to exhibit the com-parison of dimensionless temperature 120579 obtained by OHAMhomotopy analysis method (HAM) and the numericalmethod (NM) for several values of heat-generating parameter119876119892 when other parameters are fixed It is observed that
with increasing values of internal heat-generating parameter119876119892 the temperature profile gradually increases Clearly the
OHAM solutions are very close to the numerical solution ascompared to HAM This can be seen from the percentageerror in the dimensionless temperature obtained by OHAMHAM and NMThe increase in dimensionless temperature 120579
is also evident in Table 2 in which we have used different val-ues of sink temperature parameter 120579
119904 and other parameters
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
References
[1] B Sunden and P J Heggs Recent Advances in Analysis of HeatTransfer for Fin Type Surfaces WIT Press Boston Mass USA2000
[2] A D Kraus A Aziz and J Welty Extended Surface HeatTransfer John Wiley amp Sons New York NY USA 2001
[3] K A Gardener ldquoEfficiency of extended surfacerdquo Journal of HeatTransfer vol 67 pp 621ndash631 1945
[4] F Khani M A Raji and H H Nejad ldquoAnalytical solutionsand efficiency of the nonlinear fin problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientrdquoCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simula-tion vol 14 no 8 pp 3327ndash3338 2009
[5] F Khani M A Raji and S Hamedi-Nezhad ldquoA series solutionof the fin problem with a temperature-dependent thermal con-ductivityrdquo Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulation vol 14 no 7 pp 3007ndash3017 2009
[6] A Aziz and T Y Na ldquoTransient response of fins by coordinateperturbation expansionrdquo International Journal of Heat andMassTransfer vol 23 no 12 pp 1695ndash1698 1980
[7] Y M Chang C K Chen and JW Cleaver ldquoTransient responseof fins by optimal linearization and variational embeddingmethodsrdquo ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol V 104 no 4 pp813ndash815 1982
[8] A Campo ldquoVariational techniques applied to radiative-convective fins with steady and unsteady conditionsrdquo Warme-und Stoffubertragung vol 9 no 2 pp 139ndash144 1976
[9] N Onur ldquoA simplified approach to the transient conduction ina two-dimensional finrdquo International Communications in Heatand Mass Transfer vol 23 no 2 pp 225ndash238 1996
[10] A Aziz and M Torabi ldquoConvective-radiative fins with simul-taneous variation of thermal conductivity heat transfer coeffi-cient and surface emissivity with temperaturerdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research vol 41 no 2 pp 99ndash113 2012
[11] L-T Chen ldquoTwo-dimensional fin efficiency with combinedheat and mass transfer between water-wetted fin surface andmoving moist airstreamrdquo International Journal of Heat andFluid Flow vol 12 no 1 pp 71ndash76 1991
[12] A Aziz and H Nguyen ldquoTwo-dimensional performance ofconvecting-radiating fins of different profile shapesrdquo Warmeund Stoffubertragung vol 28 no 8 pp 481ndash487 1993
[13] H S Kang andDC Look Jr ldquoTwodimensional trapezoidal finsanalysisrdquo Computational Mechanics vol 19 no 3 pp 247ndash2501997
[14] A Aziz and O D Makinde ldquoHeat transfer and entropygeneration in a two-dimensional orthotropic convection pinfinrdquo International Journal of Exergy vol 7 no 5 pp 579ndash5922010
[15] S M Zubair A F M Arif and M H Sharqawy ldquoThermalanalysis and optimization of orthotropic pin fins a closed-form
analytical solutionrdquo Journal of Heat Transfer vol 132 no 3 pp1ndash8 2010
[16] Y Xia and A M Jacobi ldquoAn exact solution to steady heatconduction in a two-dimensional slab on a one-dimensional finapplication to frosted heat exchangersrdquo International Journal ofHeat and Mass Transfer vol 47 no 14-16 pp 3317ndash3326 2004
[17] M YMalik andA Rafiq ldquoTwo-dimensional finwith convectivebase conditionrdquo Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applicationsvol 11 no 1 pp 147ndash154 2010
[18] A Aziz ldquoEffects of internal heat generation anisotropy andbase temperature nonuniformity on heat transfer from a two-dimensional rectangular finrdquoHeat Transfer Engineering vol 14no 2 pp 63ndash70 1993
[19] S Jahangeer M K Ramis and G Jilani ldquoConjugate heat trans-fer analysis of a heat generating vertical platerdquo InternationalJournal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol 50 no 1-2 pp 85ndash932007
[20] M K Ramis G Jilani and S Jahangeer ldquoConjugateconduction-forced convection heat transfer analysis of arectangular nuclear fuel element with non-uniform volumetricenergy generationrdquo International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer vol 51 no 3-4 pp 517ndash525 2008
[21] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoApplication of optimal homotopyasymptotic Method for solving nonlinear equations arising inheat transferrdquo International Communications in Heat and MassTransfer vol 35 no 6 pp 710ndash715 2008
[22] V Marinca N Herisanu and I Nemes ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic method with application to thin film flowrdquo CentralEuropean Journal of Physics vol 6 no 3 pp 648ndash653 2008
[23] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoDetermination of periodicsolutions for the motion of a particle on a rotating parabola bymeans of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquo Journal ofSound and Vibration vol 329 no 9 pp 1450ndash1459 2010
[24] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoAccurate analytical solutions tooscillators with discontinuities and fractional-power restoringforce by means of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquoComputers amp Mathematics with Applications vol 60 no 6 pp1607ndash1615 2010
[25] S Islam R A Shah I Ali andNM Allah ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic solutions of couette and poiseuille flows of a thirdgrade fluid with heat transfer analysisrdquo International Journal ofNonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation vol 11 no 6 pp389ndash400 2010
[26] FMaboodWAKhan andA IM Ismail ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptoticmethod for heat transfer in hollow spherewith robinboundary conditionsrdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research 7 pages2013
[27] F Mabood W A Khan and A I M Ismail ldquoSolution ofSolution of nonlinear boundary layer equation for flat platevia optimal homotopy asymptoticmethodrdquoHeat Transfer-AsianResearch 7 pages 2013
[28] S J Liao On the proposed homotopy analysis technique fornonlinear problems and its applications [PhD thesis] ShanghaiJio Tong University 1992
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4 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Table 1 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 01 119873
119903= 01 and 120579
119904= 001
119883119876119892= 0 119876
119892= 1
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 09078 09075 09078 0 0033 18085 18081 18085 0 002201 09088 09081 09087 0011 0066 18005 18011 18007 0011 002202 09115 09112 09115 0 0032 17763 17759 17770 0039 006103 09161 09158 09161 0 0032 17358 17352 17375 0098 013204 09226 09220 09224 0021 0043 16792 16788 16821 0172 039805 09308 09302 09306 0021 0042 16065 16062 16105 0248 026606 09410 09413 09407 0032 0063 15175 15181 15224 0321 037407 09529 09522 09526 0031 0041 14124 14111 14176 0366 045808 09668 09671 09665 0031 0062 12911 12909 12958 0362 037809 09825 09818 09822 0031 004 11536 11521 11567 0268 039710 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Table 2 Comparison of percentage error between OHAM HAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 05 119873
119888= 05 and 119876
119892= 2
119883120579119904= 001 120579
119904= 04
OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error OHAM HAM NM OHAM error HAM error0 13389 13373 13383 0044 0074 13886 13878 13886 0 005701 13357 13350 13352 0277 0014 13847 13844 13852 0036 005702 13256 13248 13260 0031 0090 13731 13727 13748 0123 015203 13086 13068 13106 0152 0289 13537 13540 13574 0272 025004 12849 12821 12887 0295 0512 13265 13247 13326 0458 059205 12544 12543 12600 0444 0452 12915 12911 13000 0654 068406 12171 12156 12243 0588 0710 12487 12472 12591 0826 094507 11729 11717 11809 0677 0779 12012 12010 12095 0686 070208 11221 11212 11295 0655 0734 11399 11386 11402 0796 014009 10644 10637 10694 0467 0533 10738 10725 10807 0638 075810 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
The second-order problem is
1198892
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
1198891198832minus 1198622119876119892+
11986221198731198881205792
119904
1 minus 120579119904
minus 11986221198731199031205794
119904minus
211986221198731198881205791199041205790
1 minus 120579119904
+11986221198731198881205792
0
1 minus 120579119904
+ 11986221198731199031205794
0minus
211986211198731198881205791199041205791
1 minus 120579119904
+2119862111987311988812057901205791
1 minus 120579119904
+ 411986211198731199031205793
01205791minus 1198622
1198892
1205790(119883)
1198891198832minus (1 + 119862
1)1198892
1205791(119883 1198621)
1198891198832= 0
(30)
with boundary conditions
1205792(119887) = 0
1198891205792(0)
119889119883= 0 (31)
It is given by
1205792(119883 1198621 1198622)
=1
12(61198872
1198621119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119888+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119888minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119888
+ 61198872
1198622119873119888minus 61198832
1198621119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119888+ 51198874
1198622
11198732
119888
minus 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888+ 1198834
1198622
11198732
119888+ 61198872
1198621119873119903+ 151198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 61198872
1198622
1119873119903minus 61198832
1198622
1119873119903+ 61198872
1198622119873119903minus 61198832
1198622119873119903
+ 101198874
1198622
11198732
119903minus 121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119903minus 181198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903
+ 31198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903minus 61198872
1198622
1119876119892+ 61198832
1198622
1119876119892minus 61198872
1198622119876119892
+ 21198834
1198622
11198732
119903minus 61198872
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198621119876119892+ 61198832
1198622119876119892
minus 51198874
1198622
1119873119888119876119892+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119876119892minus 1198834
1198622
1119873119888119876119892
minus 101198874
1198622
1119873119903119876119892+ 121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119903119876119892minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119903119876119892
minus 61198872
1198621119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198621119873119888120579119904minus61198872
1198622
1119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622
1119873119888120579119904
minus 61198872
1198622119873119888120579119904+61198832
1198622119873119888120579119904minus1198834
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus51198874
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
119888120579119904minus101198874
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904+121198872
1198832
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904
minus 61198872
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
1119873119888119873119903120579119904minus 61198872
11986211198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
11986211198731199031205794
119904minus 61198872
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904
+ 61198832
1198622
11198731199031205794
119904+ 61198832
11986221198731199031205794
119904minus 51198874
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 5
Table 3 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 01 120579
119904= 01 and 119876
119892= 0
119883119873119888= 01 119873
119888= 03 119873
119888= 1
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 08172 08187 0183 07623 07668 0586 06409 06465 086601 08190 08190 0 07647 07691 0572 06445 06496 078502 08245 08259 0169 07718 07758 0515 06552 06592 060703 08336 08348 0143 07883 07871 0152 06732 06752 029604 08464 08474 0118 08004 08029 0311 06983 06979 005705 08629 08636 0081 08217 08234 0206 07307 07375 092206 08830 08834 0045 08579 08586 0081 07696 07646 065407 09067 09069 0022 08788 08788 0 08018 08096 096308 09341 09341 0 09145 09138 0076 08693 08632 070709 09652 09651 0010 09548 09541 0073 09291 09263 030210 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Table 4 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 05 120579
119904= 03 and 119876
119892= 1
119883119873119903= 01 119873
119903= 03 119873
119903= 05
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 11866 11869 0025 11166 11204 0339 10521 10522 0009
01 11848 11852 0033 11154 11193 0348 10516 10518 0019
02 11792 11801 0076 11119 11160 0367 10501 10503 0019
03 11698 11715 0145 11061 11104 0387 10477 10479 0019
04 11568 11590 0189 10979 11026 0426 10442 10445 0028
05 11400 11435 0306 10874 10923 0448 10398 10400 0019
06 11194 11237 0382 10746 10795 0453 10342 10345 0028
07 10952 10997 0409 10594 10641 0441 10275 10278 0029
08 10672 10713 0382 10419 10458 0373 10196 10198 0019
09 10354 10382 0269 10221 10245 0234 10104 10106 0019
10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 1198834
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 101198874
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904
+121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904)
(32)
The second-order approximate solution by OHAM for 119901 = 1
is
120579 (119883 1198621 1198622) = 1205790(119883) + 120579
1(119883 1198621) + 1205792(119883 1198621 1198622) (33)
We use the method of least squares to obtain 1198621 1198622the
unknown convergent constant in 120579In particular case119862
1= minus000002137 and119862
2= minus079986
for 119873119903= 03 119873
119888= 03 119876
119892= 04 120579
119904= 02 and 119887 = 1
By considering the values of 1198621 1198622in (33) and after
simplifying the second-order approximate analytical OHAMsolution can be obtained
120579 = 1 +1
2(minus0000002982 + 2982 times 10
minus6
1198832
)
+1
12(minus06696 + 0669596119883
2
+ 573 times 10minus11
1198834
)
(34)
5 Results and Discussion
Equation (4) shows that fin temperature is based on fourparameters119873
119903119873119888 120579119904 and119876
119892which govern this highly non-
linear second-order differential equation The effect of eachparameter on fin temperature is tabulated and graphicallypresented for different values of the controlling parameters
In order to validate the accuracy of our approximatesolution via OHAM we have presented a comparative studyof OHAM solution with homotopy analysis method (HAM)and numerical solution (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-ordermethod) Table 1 has been prepared to exhibit the com-parison of dimensionless temperature 120579 obtained by OHAMhomotopy analysis method (HAM) and the numericalmethod (NM) for several values of heat-generating parameter119876119892 when other parameters are fixed It is observed that
with increasing values of internal heat-generating parameter119876119892 the temperature profile gradually increases Clearly the
OHAM solutions are very close to the numerical solution ascompared to HAM This can be seen from the percentageerror in the dimensionless temperature obtained by OHAMHAM and NMThe increase in dimensionless temperature 120579
is also evident in Table 2 in which we have used different val-ues of sink temperature parameter 120579
119904 and other parameters
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
References
[1] B Sunden and P J Heggs Recent Advances in Analysis of HeatTransfer for Fin Type Surfaces WIT Press Boston Mass USA2000
[2] A D Kraus A Aziz and J Welty Extended Surface HeatTransfer John Wiley amp Sons New York NY USA 2001
[3] K A Gardener ldquoEfficiency of extended surfacerdquo Journal of HeatTransfer vol 67 pp 621ndash631 1945
[4] F Khani M A Raji and H H Nejad ldquoAnalytical solutionsand efficiency of the nonlinear fin problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientrdquoCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simula-tion vol 14 no 8 pp 3327ndash3338 2009
[5] F Khani M A Raji and S Hamedi-Nezhad ldquoA series solutionof the fin problem with a temperature-dependent thermal con-ductivityrdquo Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulation vol 14 no 7 pp 3007ndash3017 2009
[6] A Aziz and T Y Na ldquoTransient response of fins by coordinateperturbation expansionrdquo International Journal of Heat andMassTransfer vol 23 no 12 pp 1695ndash1698 1980
[7] Y M Chang C K Chen and JW Cleaver ldquoTransient responseof fins by optimal linearization and variational embeddingmethodsrdquo ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol V 104 no 4 pp813ndash815 1982
[8] A Campo ldquoVariational techniques applied to radiative-convective fins with steady and unsteady conditionsrdquo Warme-und Stoffubertragung vol 9 no 2 pp 139ndash144 1976
[9] N Onur ldquoA simplified approach to the transient conduction ina two-dimensional finrdquo International Communications in Heatand Mass Transfer vol 23 no 2 pp 225ndash238 1996
[10] A Aziz and M Torabi ldquoConvective-radiative fins with simul-taneous variation of thermal conductivity heat transfer coeffi-cient and surface emissivity with temperaturerdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research vol 41 no 2 pp 99ndash113 2012
[11] L-T Chen ldquoTwo-dimensional fin efficiency with combinedheat and mass transfer between water-wetted fin surface andmoving moist airstreamrdquo International Journal of Heat andFluid Flow vol 12 no 1 pp 71ndash76 1991
[12] A Aziz and H Nguyen ldquoTwo-dimensional performance ofconvecting-radiating fins of different profile shapesrdquo Warmeund Stoffubertragung vol 28 no 8 pp 481ndash487 1993
[13] H S Kang andDC Look Jr ldquoTwodimensional trapezoidal finsanalysisrdquo Computational Mechanics vol 19 no 3 pp 247ndash2501997
[14] A Aziz and O D Makinde ldquoHeat transfer and entropygeneration in a two-dimensional orthotropic convection pinfinrdquo International Journal of Exergy vol 7 no 5 pp 579ndash5922010
[15] S M Zubair A F M Arif and M H Sharqawy ldquoThermalanalysis and optimization of orthotropic pin fins a closed-form
analytical solutionrdquo Journal of Heat Transfer vol 132 no 3 pp1ndash8 2010
[16] Y Xia and A M Jacobi ldquoAn exact solution to steady heatconduction in a two-dimensional slab on a one-dimensional finapplication to frosted heat exchangersrdquo International Journal ofHeat and Mass Transfer vol 47 no 14-16 pp 3317ndash3326 2004
[17] M YMalik andA Rafiq ldquoTwo-dimensional finwith convectivebase conditionrdquo Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applicationsvol 11 no 1 pp 147ndash154 2010
[18] A Aziz ldquoEffects of internal heat generation anisotropy andbase temperature nonuniformity on heat transfer from a two-dimensional rectangular finrdquoHeat Transfer Engineering vol 14no 2 pp 63ndash70 1993
[19] S Jahangeer M K Ramis and G Jilani ldquoConjugate heat trans-fer analysis of a heat generating vertical platerdquo InternationalJournal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol 50 no 1-2 pp 85ndash932007
[20] M K Ramis G Jilani and S Jahangeer ldquoConjugateconduction-forced convection heat transfer analysis of arectangular nuclear fuel element with non-uniform volumetricenergy generationrdquo International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer vol 51 no 3-4 pp 517ndash525 2008
[21] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoApplication of optimal homotopyasymptotic Method for solving nonlinear equations arising inheat transferrdquo International Communications in Heat and MassTransfer vol 35 no 6 pp 710ndash715 2008
[22] V Marinca N Herisanu and I Nemes ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic method with application to thin film flowrdquo CentralEuropean Journal of Physics vol 6 no 3 pp 648ndash653 2008
[23] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoDetermination of periodicsolutions for the motion of a particle on a rotating parabola bymeans of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquo Journal ofSound and Vibration vol 329 no 9 pp 1450ndash1459 2010
[24] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoAccurate analytical solutions tooscillators with discontinuities and fractional-power restoringforce by means of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquoComputers amp Mathematics with Applications vol 60 no 6 pp1607ndash1615 2010
[25] S Islam R A Shah I Ali andNM Allah ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic solutions of couette and poiseuille flows of a thirdgrade fluid with heat transfer analysisrdquo International Journal ofNonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation vol 11 no 6 pp389ndash400 2010
[26] FMaboodWAKhan andA IM Ismail ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptoticmethod for heat transfer in hollow spherewith robinboundary conditionsrdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research 7 pages2013
[27] F Mabood W A Khan and A I M Ismail ldquoSolution ofSolution of nonlinear boundary layer equation for flat platevia optimal homotopy asymptoticmethodrdquoHeat Transfer-AsianResearch 7 pages 2013
[28] S J Liao On the proposed homotopy analysis technique fornonlinear problems and its applications [PhD thesis] ShanghaiJio Tong University 1992
Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom
OperationsResearch
Advances in
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Abstract and Applied Analysis
ISRN Applied Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
Volume 2013
International Journal of
Combinatorics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal of Function Spaces and Applications
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Geometry
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Discrete Dynamicsin Nature and Society
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Volume 2013
Advances in
Mathematical Physics
ISRN Algebra
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ProbabilityandStatistics
Journal of
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Mathematical Analysis
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal ofApplied Mathematics
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Advances in
DecisionSciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Stochastic AnalysisInternational Journal of
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The Scientific World Journal
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DifferentialEquations
International Journal of
Volume 2013
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 5
Table 3 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119903= 01 120579
119904= 01 and 119876
119892= 0
119883119873119888= 01 119873
119888= 03 119873
119888= 1
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 08172 08187 0183 07623 07668 0586 06409 06465 086601 08190 08190 0 07647 07691 0572 06445 06496 078502 08245 08259 0169 07718 07758 0515 06552 06592 060703 08336 08348 0143 07883 07871 0152 06732 06752 029604 08464 08474 0118 08004 08029 0311 06983 06979 005705 08629 08636 0081 08217 08234 0206 07307 07375 092206 08830 08834 0045 08579 08586 0081 07696 07646 065407 09067 09069 0022 08788 08788 0 08018 08096 096308 09341 09341 0 09145 09138 0076 08693 08632 070709 09652 09651 0010 09548 09541 0073 09291 09263 030210 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Table 4 Comparison of OHAM and NM for temperature at 119873119888= 05 120579
119904= 03 and 119876
119892= 1
119883119873119903= 01 119873
119903= 03 119873
119903= 05
OHAM NM error OHAM NM error OHAM NM error0 11866 11869 0025 11166 11204 0339 10521 10522 0009
01 11848 11852 0033 11154 11193 0348 10516 10518 0019
02 11792 11801 0076 11119 11160 0367 10501 10503 0019
03 11698 11715 0145 11061 11104 0387 10477 10479 0019
04 11568 11590 0189 10979 11026 0426 10442 10445 0028
05 11400 11435 0306 10874 10923 0448 10398 10400 0019
06 11194 11237 0382 10746 10795 0453 10342 10345 0028
07 10952 10997 0409 10594 10641 0441 10275 10278 0029
08 10672 10713 0382 10419 10458 0373 10196 10198 0019
09 10354 10382 0269 10221 10245 0234 10104 10106 0019
10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
+ 61198872
1198832
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 1198834
1198622
11198731198881198731199031205794
119904minus 101198874
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904
+121198872
1198832
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904minus 21198834
1198622
11198732
1199031205794
119904)
(32)
The second-order approximate solution by OHAM for 119901 = 1
is
120579 (119883 1198621 1198622) = 1205790(119883) + 120579
1(119883 1198621) + 1205792(119883 1198621 1198622) (33)
We use the method of least squares to obtain 1198621 1198622the
unknown convergent constant in 120579In particular case119862
1= minus000002137 and119862
2= minus079986
for 119873119903= 03 119873
119888= 03 119876
119892= 04 120579
119904= 02 and 119887 = 1
By considering the values of 1198621 1198622in (33) and after
simplifying the second-order approximate analytical OHAMsolution can be obtained
120579 = 1 +1
2(minus0000002982 + 2982 times 10
minus6
1198832
)
+1
12(minus06696 + 0669596119883
2
+ 573 times 10minus11
1198834
)
(34)
5 Results and Discussion
Equation (4) shows that fin temperature is based on fourparameters119873
119903119873119888 120579119904 and119876
119892which govern this highly non-
linear second-order differential equation The effect of eachparameter on fin temperature is tabulated and graphicallypresented for different values of the controlling parameters
In order to validate the accuracy of our approximatesolution via OHAM we have presented a comparative studyof OHAM solution with homotopy analysis method (HAM)and numerical solution (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-ordermethod) Table 1 has been prepared to exhibit the com-parison of dimensionless temperature 120579 obtained by OHAMhomotopy analysis method (HAM) and the numericalmethod (NM) for several values of heat-generating parameter119876119892 when other parameters are fixed It is observed that
with increasing values of internal heat-generating parameter119876119892 the temperature profile gradually increases Clearly the
OHAM solutions are very close to the numerical solution ascompared to HAM This can be seen from the percentageerror in the dimensionless temperature obtained by OHAMHAM and NMThe increase in dimensionless temperature 120579
is also evident in Table 2 in which we have used different val-ues of sink temperature parameter 120579
119904 and other parameters
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
References
[1] B Sunden and P J Heggs Recent Advances in Analysis of HeatTransfer for Fin Type Surfaces WIT Press Boston Mass USA2000
[2] A D Kraus A Aziz and J Welty Extended Surface HeatTransfer John Wiley amp Sons New York NY USA 2001
[3] K A Gardener ldquoEfficiency of extended surfacerdquo Journal of HeatTransfer vol 67 pp 621ndash631 1945
[4] F Khani M A Raji and H H Nejad ldquoAnalytical solutionsand efficiency of the nonlinear fin problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientrdquoCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simula-tion vol 14 no 8 pp 3327ndash3338 2009
[5] F Khani M A Raji and S Hamedi-Nezhad ldquoA series solutionof the fin problem with a temperature-dependent thermal con-ductivityrdquo Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulation vol 14 no 7 pp 3007ndash3017 2009
[6] A Aziz and T Y Na ldquoTransient response of fins by coordinateperturbation expansionrdquo International Journal of Heat andMassTransfer vol 23 no 12 pp 1695ndash1698 1980
[7] Y M Chang C K Chen and JW Cleaver ldquoTransient responseof fins by optimal linearization and variational embeddingmethodsrdquo ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol V 104 no 4 pp813ndash815 1982
[8] A Campo ldquoVariational techniques applied to radiative-convective fins with steady and unsteady conditionsrdquo Warme-und Stoffubertragung vol 9 no 2 pp 139ndash144 1976
[9] N Onur ldquoA simplified approach to the transient conduction ina two-dimensional finrdquo International Communications in Heatand Mass Transfer vol 23 no 2 pp 225ndash238 1996
[10] A Aziz and M Torabi ldquoConvective-radiative fins with simul-taneous variation of thermal conductivity heat transfer coeffi-cient and surface emissivity with temperaturerdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research vol 41 no 2 pp 99ndash113 2012
[11] L-T Chen ldquoTwo-dimensional fin efficiency with combinedheat and mass transfer between water-wetted fin surface andmoving moist airstreamrdquo International Journal of Heat andFluid Flow vol 12 no 1 pp 71ndash76 1991
[12] A Aziz and H Nguyen ldquoTwo-dimensional performance ofconvecting-radiating fins of different profile shapesrdquo Warmeund Stoffubertragung vol 28 no 8 pp 481ndash487 1993
[13] H S Kang andDC Look Jr ldquoTwodimensional trapezoidal finsanalysisrdquo Computational Mechanics vol 19 no 3 pp 247ndash2501997
[14] A Aziz and O D Makinde ldquoHeat transfer and entropygeneration in a two-dimensional orthotropic convection pinfinrdquo International Journal of Exergy vol 7 no 5 pp 579ndash5922010
[15] S M Zubair A F M Arif and M H Sharqawy ldquoThermalanalysis and optimization of orthotropic pin fins a closed-form
analytical solutionrdquo Journal of Heat Transfer vol 132 no 3 pp1ndash8 2010
[16] Y Xia and A M Jacobi ldquoAn exact solution to steady heatconduction in a two-dimensional slab on a one-dimensional finapplication to frosted heat exchangersrdquo International Journal ofHeat and Mass Transfer vol 47 no 14-16 pp 3317ndash3326 2004
[17] M YMalik andA Rafiq ldquoTwo-dimensional finwith convectivebase conditionrdquo Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applicationsvol 11 no 1 pp 147ndash154 2010
[18] A Aziz ldquoEffects of internal heat generation anisotropy andbase temperature nonuniformity on heat transfer from a two-dimensional rectangular finrdquoHeat Transfer Engineering vol 14no 2 pp 63ndash70 1993
[19] S Jahangeer M K Ramis and G Jilani ldquoConjugate heat trans-fer analysis of a heat generating vertical platerdquo InternationalJournal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol 50 no 1-2 pp 85ndash932007
[20] M K Ramis G Jilani and S Jahangeer ldquoConjugateconduction-forced convection heat transfer analysis of arectangular nuclear fuel element with non-uniform volumetricenergy generationrdquo International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer vol 51 no 3-4 pp 517ndash525 2008
[21] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoApplication of optimal homotopyasymptotic Method for solving nonlinear equations arising inheat transferrdquo International Communications in Heat and MassTransfer vol 35 no 6 pp 710ndash715 2008
[22] V Marinca N Herisanu and I Nemes ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic method with application to thin film flowrdquo CentralEuropean Journal of Physics vol 6 no 3 pp 648ndash653 2008
[23] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoDetermination of periodicsolutions for the motion of a particle on a rotating parabola bymeans of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquo Journal ofSound and Vibration vol 329 no 9 pp 1450ndash1459 2010
[24] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoAccurate analytical solutions tooscillators with discontinuities and fractional-power restoringforce by means of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquoComputers amp Mathematics with Applications vol 60 no 6 pp1607ndash1615 2010
[25] S Islam R A Shah I Ali andNM Allah ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic solutions of couette and poiseuille flows of a thirdgrade fluid with heat transfer analysisrdquo International Journal ofNonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation vol 11 no 6 pp389ndash400 2010
[26] FMaboodWAKhan andA IM Ismail ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptoticmethod for heat transfer in hollow spherewith robinboundary conditionsrdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research 7 pages2013
[27] F Mabood W A Khan and A I M Ismail ldquoSolution ofSolution of nonlinear boundary layer equation for flat platevia optimal homotopy asymptoticmethodrdquoHeat Transfer-AsianResearch 7 pages 2013
[28] S J Liao On the proposed homotopy analysis technique fornonlinear problems and its applications [PhD thesis] ShanghaiJio Tong University 1992
Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom
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Advances in
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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
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Abstract and Applied Analysis
ISRN Applied Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
Volume 2013
International Journal of
Combinatorics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal of Function Spaces and Applications
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Geometry
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Discrete Dynamicsin Nature and Society
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
Volume 2013
Advances in
Mathematical Physics
ISRN Algebra
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ProbabilityandStatistics
Journal of
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Mathematical Analysis
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal ofApplied Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Advances in
DecisionSciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Stochastic AnalysisInternational Journal of
Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
The Scientific World Journal
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Discrete Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
DifferentialEquations
International Journal of
Volume 2013
6 Mathematical Problems in Engineering
00 02 04 06 08 10100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
120579
NM
Qg = 1 15 17 2
OHAM
Nr = 05
Nc = 05
120579s = 02
X
Figure 2 Effect of internal heat generation on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 119873119888 and 120579
119904
Nc = 01 04 07 1
00 02 04 06 08 10070
075
080
085
090
095
100
Nr = 02
Qg = 0
120579 120579s = 03
NMOHAM
X
Figure 3 Effect of convection parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119903 120579119904 and 119876
119892
values are predetermined From Tables 1 and 2 it is observedthat our OHAM solutions are more accurate than HAM thisconfirms that OHAM is more consistent with approximateanalytical method than with HAMThemajor factor in HAMis its computational time for finding the ℎ (h curve) whilein OHAM the ensuring convergence of the solution dependson parameters 119862
1 1198622 which are optimally determined
resultantly HAM in more time consuming than OHAMIn Table 3 we show the comparison of dimensionless
temperature 120579 obtained byOHAMand the numericalmethod(NM) for several values of convection parameter 119873
119888 while
other parameters are kept unchanged It is observed that withthe increase of 119873
119888 the temperature profile shows decrease
and the same phenomena of decrease in dimensionlesstemperature 120579 can be observed in Table 4 for different valuesof radiation parameter119873
119903 when the other parameters values
are fixed
Nr = 04 06 08 1
00 02 04 06 08 1005
06
07
08
09
10
Nc = 04
Qg = 03120579s = 005
120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 4 Effect of radiation parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
120579s = 04 03 02 01
00 02 04 06 08 10090
092
094
096
098
100
Nr = 03
Nc = 03
Qg = 04120579
NMOHAM
X
Figure 5 Effect of sink temperature parameter on fin dimensionlesstemperature for fixed values of 119873
119888 120579119904 and 119876
119892
In Figures 2 3 4 and 5 we depict the dimensionlesstemperature profile 120579 and its variation for different values ofparameters It is important to note that the dimensionlesstemperature increases with each controlling parameter
6 Conclusion
We have successfully applied the optimal homotopy asymp-totic method for the approximate solution of steady stateof heat-generating fin with simultaneous surfaces convec-tion and radiation The effects of radiation parameter 119873
119903
convection parameter119873119888 internal heat-generating parameter
119876119892 and the sink temperature parameter 120579
119904on temperature
profile in the fin are investigated analytically It is observedthat dimensionless fin temperature profile is dependent onthe four parameters 119873
119903 119873119888 119876119892 and 120579
119904 Comparison for
the dimensionless temperature has been made between the
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
References
[1] B Sunden and P J Heggs Recent Advances in Analysis of HeatTransfer for Fin Type Surfaces WIT Press Boston Mass USA2000
[2] A D Kraus A Aziz and J Welty Extended Surface HeatTransfer John Wiley amp Sons New York NY USA 2001
[3] K A Gardener ldquoEfficiency of extended surfacerdquo Journal of HeatTransfer vol 67 pp 621ndash631 1945
[4] F Khani M A Raji and H H Nejad ldquoAnalytical solutionsand efficiency of the nonlinear fin problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientrdquoCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simula-tion vol 14 no 8 pp 3327ndash3338 2009
[5] F Khani M A Raji and S Hamedi-Nezhad ldquoA series solutionof the fin problem with a temperature-dependent thermal con-ductivityrdquo Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulation vol 14 no 7 pp 3007ndash3017 2009
[6] A Aziz and T Y Na ldquoTransient response of fins by coordinateperturbation expansionrdquo International Journal of Heat andMassTransfer vol 23 no 12 pp 1695ndash1698 1980
[7] Y M Chang C K Chen and JW Cleaver ldquoTransient responseof fins by optimal linearization and variational embeddingmethodsrdquo ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol V 104 no 4 pp813ndash815 1982
[8] A Campo ldquoVariational techniques applied to radiative-convective fins with steady and unsteady conditionsrdquo Warme-und Stoffubertragung vol 9 no 2 pp 139ndash144 1976
[9] N Onur ldquoA simplified approach to the transient conduction ina two-dimensional finrdquo International Communications in Heatand Mass Transfer vol 23 no 2 pp 225ndash238 1996
[10] A Aziz and M Torabi ldquoConvective-radiative fins with simul-taneous variation of thermal conductivity heat transfer coeffi-cient and surface emissivity with temperaturerdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research vol 41 no 2 pp 99ndash113 2012
[11] L-T Chen ldquoTwo-dimensional fin efficiency with combinedheat and mass transfer between water-wetted fin surface andmoving moist airstreamrdquo International Journal of Heat andFluid Flow vol 12 no 1 pp 71ndash76 1991
[12] A Aziz and H Nguyen ldquoTwo-dimensional performance ofconvecting-radiating fins of different profile shapesrdquo Warmeund Stoffubertragung vol 28 no 8 pp 481ndash487 1993
[13] H S Kang andDC Look Jr ldquoTwodimensional trapezoidal finsanalysisrdquo Computational Mechanics vol 19 no 3 pp 247ndash2501997
[14] A Aziz and O D Makinde ldquoHeat transfer and entropygeneration in a two-dimensional orthotropic convection pinfinrdquo International Journal of Exergy vol 7 no 5 pp 579ndash5922010
[15] S M Zubair A F M Arif and M H Sharqawy ldquoThermalanalysis and optimization of orthotropic pin fins a closed-form
analytical solutionrdquo Journal of Heat Transfer vol 132 no 3 pp1ndash8 2010
[16] Y Xia and A M Jacobi ldquoAn exact solution to steady heatconduction in a two-dimensional slab on a one-dimensional finapplication to frosted heat exchangersrdquo International Journal ofHeat and Mass Transfer vol 47 no 14-16 pp 3317ndash3326 2004
[17] M YMalik andA Rafiq ldquoTwo-dimensional finwith convectivebase conditionrdquo Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applicationsvol 11 no 1 pp 147ndash154 2010
[18] A Aziz ldquoEffects of internal heat generation anisotropy andbase temperature nonuniformity on heat transfer from a two-dimensional rectangular finrdquoHeat Transfer Engineering vol 14no 2 pp 63ndash70 1993
[19] S Jahangeer M K Ramis and G Jilani ldquoConjugate heat trans-fer analysis of a heat generating vertical platerdquo InternationalJournal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol 50 no 1-2 pp 85ndash932007
[20] M K Ramis G Jilani and S Jahangeer ldquoConjugateconduction-forced convection heat transfer analysis of arectangular nuclear fuel element with non-uniform volumetricenergy generationrdquo International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer vol 51 no 3-4 pp 517ndash525 2008
[21] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoApplication of optimal homotopyasymptotic Method for solving nonlinear equations arising inheat transferrdquo International Communications in Heat and MassTransfer vol 35 no 6 pp 710ndash715 2008
[22] V Marinca N Herisanu and I Nemes ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic method with application to thin film flowrdquo CentralEuropean Journal of Physics vol 6 no 3 pp 648ndash653 2008
[23] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoDetermination of periodicsolutions for the motion of a particle on a rotating parabola bymeans of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquo Journal ofSound and Vibration vol 329 no 9 pp 1450ndash1459 2010
[24] V Marinca and N Herisanu ldquoAccurate analytical solutions tooscillators with discontinuities and fractional-power restoringforce by means of the optimal homotopy asymptotic methodrdquoComputers amp Mathematics with Applications vol 60 no 6 pp1607ndash1615 2010
[25] S Islam R A Shah I Ali andNM Allah ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptotic solutions of couette and poiseuille flows of a thirdgrade fluid with heat transfer analysisrdquo International Journal ofNonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation vol 11 no 6 pp389ndash400 2010
[26] FMaboodWAKhan andA IM Ismail ldquoOptimal homotopyasymptoticmethod for heat transfer in hollow spherewith robinboundary conditionsrdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research 7 pages2013
[27] F Mabood W A Khan and A I M Ismail ldquoSolution ofSolution of nonlinear boundary layer equation for flat platevia optimal homotopy asymptoticmethodrdquoHeat Transfer-AsianResearch 7 pages 2013
[28] S J Liao On the proposed homotopy analysis technique fornonlinear problems and its applications [PhD thesis] ShanghaiJio Tong University 1992
Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom
OperationsResearch
Advances in
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Abstract and Applied Analysis
ISRN Applied Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
Volume 2013
International Journal of
Combinatorics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal of Function Spaces and Applications
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Geometry
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Discrete Dynamicsin Nature and Society
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
Volume 2013
Advances in
Mathematical Physics
ISRN Algebra
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ProbabilityandStatistics
Journal of
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Mathematical Analysis
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Journal ofApplied Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Advances in
DecisionSciences
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
Stochastic AnalysisInternational Journal of
Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
The Scientific World Journal
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013
ISRN Discrete Mathematics
Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom
DifferentialEquations
International Journal of
Volume 2013
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 7
solutions obtained using OHAM with HAM and Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method It is found that theOHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution thanHAM which reveals the reliability and efficiency of OHAMApproximate analytical solution to highly nonlinear problemwas achieved without any assumption of linearization andwe can extend this approach to a variety of nonlinear heattransfer problems
References
[1] B Sunden and P J Heggs Recent Advances in Analysis of HeatTransfer for Fin Type Surfaces WIT Press Boston Mass USA2000
[2] A D Kraus A Aziz and J Welty Extended Surface HeatTransfer John Wiley amp Sons New York NY USA 2001
[3] K A Gardener ldquoEfficiency of extended surfacerdquo Journal of HeatTransfer vol 67 pp 621ndash631 1945
[4] F Khani M A Raji and H H Nejad ldquoAnalytical solutionsand efficiency of the nonlinear fin problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficientrdquoCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simula-tion vol 14 no 8 pp 3327ndash3338 2009
[5] F Khani M A Raji and S Hamedi-Nezhad ldquoA series solutionof the fin problem with a temperature-dependent thermal con-ductivityrdquo Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulation vol 14 no 7 pp 3007ndash3017 2009
[6] A Aziz and T Y Na ldquoTransient response of fins by coordinateperturbation expansionrdquo International Journal of Heat andMassTransfer vol 23 no 12 pp 1695ndash1698 1980
[7] Y M Chang C K Chen and JW Cleaver ldquoTransient responseof fins by optimal linearization and variational embeddingmethodsrdquo ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol V 104 no 4 pp813ndash815 1982
[8] A Campo ldquoVariational techniques applied to radiative-convective fins with steady and unsteady conditionsrdquo Warme-und Stoffubertragung vol 9 no 2 pp 139ndash144 1976
[9] N Onur ldquoA simplified approach to the transient conduction ina two-dimensional finrdquo International Communications in Heatand Mass Transfer vol 23 no 2 pp 225ndash238 1996
[10] A Aziz and M Torabi ldquoConvective-radiative fins with simul-taneous variation of thermal conductivity heat transfer coeffi-cient and surface emissivity with temperaturerdquo Heat Transfer-Asian Research vol 41 no 2 pp 99ndash113 2012
[11] L-T Chen ldquoTwo-dimensional fin efficiency with combinedheat and mass transfer between water-wetted fin surface andmoving moist airstreamrdquo International Journal of Heat andFluid Flow vol 12 no 1 pp 71ndash76 1991
[12] A Aziz and H Nguyen ldquoTwo-dimensional performance ofconvecting-radiating fins of different profile shapesrdquo Warmeund Stoffubertragung vol 28 no 8 pp 481ndash487 1993
[13] H S Kang andDC Look Jr ldquoTwodimensional trapezoidal finsanalysisrdquo Computational Mechanics vol 19 no 3 pp 247ndash2501997
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