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A mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical wall in a porous medium, with exponentially varying fluid viscosity

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dc.creator Mureithi, Eunice
dc.date 2015-11-23T10:49:25Z
dc.date 2015-11-23T10:49:25Z
dc.date 2014-07-03
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:24Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:24Z
dc.identifier Mureithi, E. (2014)A Mixed Convection Boundary Layer Flow over a Vertical Wall in a Porous Medium, with Exponentially Varying Fluid Viscosity. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 2, 795-802. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jamp.2014.28087
dc.identifier 2327-4352
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/125
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9840
dc.description study investigates a mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical wall embedded in a highly porous medium. The fluid viscosity is assumed to decrease exponentially with temperature.The boundary layer equations are transformed into a non-similar form using an appropriate non-similar variable ξ and a pseudo-similar variable η . The non-similar equations are solved using an efficient local non-similarity method. The effect of viscosity variation parameter on the heat transfer, skin friction and the velocity and temperature distribution within the boundary layer is investigated. The viscosity variation parameter, the viscous dissipation parameter and non-similarity variable are shown to have a significant effect on velocity and thermal boundary layer andalso on the skin friction coefficient and heat transfer at the wall
dc.description The author would like to thank the East African Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP) for their financial support.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Scientific Research
dc.relation 10.4236;jamp.2014.28087
dc.subject Porous Medium
dc.subject Non-Darcy
dc.subject Mixed Convection Boundary Layer
dc.subject Temperature Dependent Viscosity
dc.title A mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical wall in a porous medium, with exponentially varying fluid viscosity
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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