Radiation effect on mixed convection from a horizontal surface in a porous medium

Kumari, M and Nath, G (2004) Radiation effect on mixed convection from a horizontal surface in a porous medium. In: Mechanics Research Communications, 31 (4). pp. 483-491.

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Abstract

The effect of thermal radiation on the non-Darcy mixed convection flow over a non-isothermal horizontal surface inmersed in a saturated porous medium has been studied. The wall temperature is assumed to have a power-law variation with the distance measured from the leading edge of the plate, The non-linear coupled parabolic partial differential equations governing the flow have been solved numerically using a finite-difference scheme. For some particular cases, the self-similar solution has also been obtained. The heat transfer is found to be strongly influenced by the radiative flux number, buoyancy parameter, variation of wall temperature, non-Darcy parameter and the nature of the free stream velocity.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Keywords:	Mixed convection;Horizontal surface;Saturated porous medium.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2008 14:08
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:56
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/17260

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