Some transformations for natural convection on a vertical flat plate embedded in porous media with prescribed wall temperature
- Tatung Inst. of Tech., Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
This study analyzes transformation for boundary layer equations for two-dimensional steady natural convection along a vertical flat plate embedded in porous media. Three different boundary conditions (uniform, power law, and exponential variation), which result in different wall temperature, are identified and processed. Based on the distance along the flat plate, governing equations after transformation divide the flow pattern into three subregions. These three subregions characterize the distinct relationship among patterns for pure fluid flow, non-Darcian flow expressed in nonsimilar equations, and pure porous flow. It is also found that similarity solution exists for the whole flow region as the wall temperature distribution is in linear variation and the inertia resistance is without consideration.
- OSTI ID:
- 207751
- Journal Information:
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal Name: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 23; ISSN 0735-1933; ISSN IHMTDL
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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