1. Flow Over Flat Plate Comparison of ANSYS, FLUENT and
Theoretical Solution
Tyre Bateman
Kevin Price
William Blattman

2. Problem Statement
20 °C
v = 0.5 m/s
0.25 m
Tsurface = 50 °C
1 m

3. Governing Equations/Known Values
Theoretical
δ = 5.0/(u∞/νx)
yt = δ ·Pr3
Analytical
(u/ u∞) = 0.99
[(Ts-T)/(Ts-T∞)] = 0.99
u∞ = 0.5 m/s
ν = e-05
Pr = 0.713
Tsurface = 50 °C
Tair = 20 °C

4. ANSYS Velocity/Temp
Velocity boundary layer
Temperature boundary layer

5. Fluent Velocity/Temp Velocity boundary layer
Temperature boundary layer

6. Theoretical vs. Analytical Velocity Boundary Layer

7. Theoretical vs. Analytical Temperature Boundary Layer