An equilibrium thermal wake strength parameter is developed for a two-dimensional turbulent boundary layer flow and is then used in the combined thermal law of the wall and the wake to give an approximate temperature profile to insert into the integral form of the thermal energy equation. After the solution of the integral $x$ momentum equation, the integral thermal energy equation is solved for the local Stanton number as a function of position $x$ for accelerating turbulent boundary layers. A simple temperature distribution in the thermal “superlayer” is part of the present modeling. The analysis includes a dependence of the hydrodynamic and thermal wake strengths on the momentum thickness and enthalpy thickness Reynolds numbers, respectively. An approximate dependence of the turbulent Prandtl number, in the “log” region, on the strength of the favorable pressure gradient is proposed and incorporated into the solution. The resultant solution for the Stanton number distribution in accelerated turbulent flows is compared with experimental data in the literature. A comparison of the present predictions is also made to a finite difference solution, which uses the turbulent kinetic energy—turbulent dissipation model of turbulence, for a few cases of accelerating flows.

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