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Effect of variable viscosity on mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium


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Chin, K. E. and Md Arifin, Norihan and Pop, Ioan and Mohd Nazar, Roslinda (2007) Effect of variable viscosity on mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 34 (4). pp. 646-473. ISSN 0735-1933

Abstract

The steady mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical impermeable surface embedded in a porous medium when the viscosity of the fluid varies inversely as a linear function of the temperature is studied. Both cases of assisting and opposing flows are considered. The transformed boundary layer equations are solved numerically by a finite difference method. Numerical results for the flow and heat transfer characteristics are obtained for various values of the mixed convection parameter ε and the variable viscosity parameter θe. It has been found that in the opposing flow case, dual solutions exist and boundary separation occurs.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.01.002
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Variable viscosity, Mixed convection, Boundary layer, Vertical surface, Porous medium
Depositing User: Najwani Amir Sariffudin
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2010 06:10
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2015 04:31
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.01.002
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7667
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