Similarity solutions for hydromagnetic simultaneous heat and mass transfer by natural convection from an inclined plate with internal heat generation or absorption |
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Authors: | Ali J Chamkha Abdul-Rahim A Khaled |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Kuwait University Safat, 13060 Kuwait, KW |
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Abstract: | The problem of coupled heat and mass transfer by natural convection from a semi-infinite inclined flat plate in the presence
of an external magnetic field and internal heat generation or absorption effects is formulated. The plate surface has a power-law
variation of both wall temperature and concentration and is permeable to allow for possible fluid wall suction or blowing.
The resulting governing equations are transformed using a similarity transformation and then solved numerically by an implicit,
iterative, finite-difference scheme. Comparisons with previously published work are performed and good agreement is obtained.
A parametric study of all involved parameters is conducted and a representative set of numerical results for the velocity
and temperature profiles as well as the skin-friction parameter, average Nusselt number, and the average Sherwood number is
illustrated graphically to show typical trends of the solutions.
Received on 26 October 1998 |
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