Heat and fluid flow past a vertical plate with lateral mass flux in a porous medium (Q2509893)

Summary: A numerical analysis for free convection boundary layers along a permeable vertical flat surface with prescribed power-law temperature distribution \(T_w(x) = T_\infty + Ax^k\) at \(y = 0\) embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium and subjected to an applied lateral mass flux proportional to the \(x^{k-1/2}\) quantity is presented. We provide detailed comparisons by considering both analytical and numerical findings of previous authors, and a very good agreement is encountered. The results obtained elucidate reliability and efficiency of the technique.