Free convection from a semi-infinite vertical surface bounded by a horizontal wall in a porous medium
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Free convection from a semi-infinite vertical surface bounded by a horizontal wall in a porous medium
zbMATH Open document ID: 0628.76089
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(87)90306-1
published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A study of the steady free convection flow along a semi-infinite vertical flat plate which is placed in a saturated porous medium and at an arbitrary distance d above a horizontal wall is performed. The first- and second-order boundary layer equations and outer inviscid flow equations are studied to find the effects of large, but finite, values of the Rayleigh number. Results are obtained for the two cases in which the flat plate is (i) isothermal and (ii) uniform flux. It is found that the first-order boundary layer solutions overestimate the local Nusselt number except for the uniform flux plate for distances along the plate less than about 0.4d.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76R10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76S05
zbMATH DE Number: 4022922
zbMATH Keywords: steady free convection flow
zbMATH Keywords: semi-infinite vertical flat plate
zbMATH Keywords: saturated porous medium
author: Derek B. Ingham
author: Ioan Pop
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0017-9310(87)90306-1
OpenAlex ID: W1996531913
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4022922