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Journal of Porous Media

ISSN for PRINT: 1091-028X

Institutional price:	$713.00
Issues per year:	8

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2008, Volume11

122 pages

Issue price - $107.00

Unsteady Free Convection Flow of Viscoelastic Fluid on a Stretched Vertical Plate Embedded in a Non-Darcian Porous Medium with Constant Heat Flux

R. A. Damseh
Mechanical Engineering Department, Al-Huson University College, Al-Balqa Applied University, P. O. Box 50, Al-Huson 19117 Irbid, Jordan

T. A. Al-Azab
Mechanical Engineering Department, Al-Al-Salt Community College, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan

M. Q. Al-Odat
Mechanical Engineering Department, Al-Huson University College, Al-Balqa Applied University, P. O. Box 50, Al-Huson 19117 Irbid, Jordan

ABSTRACT

The unsteady free convection flow of an incompressible viscoelastic fluid on a continuously moving vertical plate embedded in a non-Darcian porous medium is reported. Forchheimer extension is considered in the flow equations. The governing equations are solved numerically using an implicit finite difference technique. The selected numerical method is validated by comparing the results with the analytical solutions. A parametric study is performed, and the results are presented and discussed.