Composite heat transfer in case of steady laminar flow of a gray fluid with large optical density past a horizontal plate embedded in a saturated porous medium

1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Chandrasekhara ◽  
P. Nagaraju
1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Oosthuizen

Two-dimensional flow over a horizontal plate in a saturated porous medium mounted near an impervious adiabatic horizontal surface and subjected to a horizontal forced flow has been numerically investigated. The plate is heated to a uniform temperature that is higher than the temperature of the flowing fluid. The conditions considered are such that the buoyancy forces have an effect on the flow and, therefore, on the heat transfer rate from the plate. The full governing equations, written in dimensionless form, have been solved for a range of values of the governing parameters using the finite element method. The heat transfer rate from the plate is influenced both by the dimensionless depth of the plate below the surface and the importance of the buoyancy forces, the latter having been characterized by a parameter which is equal to the ratio of the Darcy–Rayleigh number to Peclet number. The conditions under which these parameters have a negligible effect on the heat transfer rate are discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Choudhury ◽  
Utpal Jyoti Das

The combined effect of a transverse magnetic field and radiative heat transfer on unsteady flow of a conducting optically thin viscoelastic fluid through a channel filled with saturated porous medium and nonuniform walls temperature has been discussed. It is assumed that the fluid has small electrical conductivity and the electromagnetic force produced is very small. Closed-form analytical solutions are constructed for the problem. The effects of the radiation and the magnetic field parameters on velocity profile and shear stress for different values of the viscoelastic parameter with the combination of the other flow parameters are illustrated graphically, and physical aspects of the problem are discussed.


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