Mixed convection boundary layer flow over a permeable vertical flat plate embedded in an anisotropic porous medium

• Main Authors: Bachok @ Lati, Norfifah, Mohd Ishak, Anuar, Pop, Ioan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15650/1/659023.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15650/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/2010/659023/abs/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

An analysis is performed to study the heat transfer characteristics of steady mixed convection flow over a permeable vertical flat plate embedded in an anisotropic fluid-saturated porous medium. The effects of uniform suction and injection on the flow field and heat transfer characteristics are numerically studied by employing an implicit finite difference Keller-box method. It is found that dual solutions exist for both assisting and opposing flows. The results indicate that suction delays the boundary layer separation, while injection accelerates it.