International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

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2003, Volume30

Issue 4

106 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v30.i4

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I. A. Hassanien
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave., SH232, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA

The buoyancy effects on the forced convective micropolar fluid flow and heat transfer on a vertical plate with a vectored surface mass transfer are studied using the theory of micropolar fluids formulated by Eringen. The governing momentum, angular momentum and energy equations have been solved numerically by a finite difference method. Buoyancy effects on the flow, temperature and angular velocity fields are presented and discussed. The influence of uniform mass transfer from the surface is also considered. Wall friction, heat transfer and wall couple stress results are presented for a Prandtl number of 0.7 for various cases representing the relative effects of blowing or suction.

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v30.i4.30 Download article, 14 pages

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