Nonsimilar solutions for free convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium

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Title:	Nonsimilar solutions for free convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium
Author(s):	Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and), Mahesh Kumari, (Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
Citation:	Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Mahesh Kumari, (1999) "Nonsimilar solutions for free convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 9 Iss: 8, pp.847 - 859
Keywords:	Boundary layer, Convection, Heat transfer, Porous medium, Vertical plate, Viscosity index
Article type:	Conceptual Paper
DOI:	10.1108/09615539910297923 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	A nonsimilar boundary layer analysis is presented for the problem of free convection in power-law type non-Newtonian fluids along a permeable vertical plate with variable wall temperature or heat flux distribution. Numerical results are presented for the details of the velocity and temperature fields. A discussion is provided for the effect of viscosity index on the surface heat transfer rate.