On the spatial stability of free-convection flows in a saturated porous medium

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Zaturska ◽  
W. H. H. Banks
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Spatial Stability

Numerical Study of Free Convection in a Doubly Stratified Non-Darcy Porous Medium Using Spectral Quasilinearization Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Srinivasacharya ◽  
Sandile S. Motsa ◽  
O. Surender
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Darcy Number ◽  
Skin Friction Coefficient ◽  
Linearization Method ◽  
Convection Boundary Layer ◽  
Local Skin

AbstractFree convection boundary layer flow past a semi-infinite vertical plate in a doubly stratified fluid-saturated porous medium in the presence of constant suction/injection is analyzed. The flow in the porous medium is described by the Brinkman–Forchheimer-based model. A suitable coordinate transformation is introduced, and the obtained system of non-similar, coupled and nonlinear partial differential equations is solved numerically using the spectral quasi-linearization method. The effects of buoyancy parameter, Darcy number, Forchheimer parameter, suction/injection parameter, thermal and solutal stratification parameters on the dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration are presented graphically. Further, the local skin friction coefficient, heat and mass transfer rates are presented graphically.

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