Abstract
This paper investigates mixed free and forced convection of non-Newtonian fluids from a vertical isothermal plate embedded in a homogenous porous medium. A mathematical model is developed based on the modified Darcy's law and boundary-layer approximations, and the exact similarity solution is obtained as well as an integral solution. These two solutions agree within 3% for aiding flows and 10% for opposing flows. It is found that, non-Newtonian characteristics of fluids have appreciable influences on velocity profiles, temperature distributions and flow regimes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 214-220 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Acta Mechanica Sinica |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1990 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Mechanical Engineering