Hybrid Methods in Engineering Modeling, Programming, Analysis, Animation

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1999, Volume1

Issue 2

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Md Hossain
University of Dhaka

Ioan Pop
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cluj, R3400 Cluj, CP253, Romania

Kambiz Vafai
University of California, Riverside

An analytical study is done on the combined heat and mass transfer in natural convection above a slightly inclined plate embedded in a porous medium. The Darcy-Boussinesq approximations are incorporated in the governing boundary-layer equations. A series solution which is valid near the leading edge of the surface is initially obtained, followed by an asymptotic expansion, which is valid for the trailing edge. A numerical solution of the complete boundary-layer equations, which uses the method of continuous transformation, joins the two solutions obtained above. A thorough examination of all possible physical limiting conditions revealed the existence of two distinct regime maps.

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