A finite element method is used to study the heat-transfer response of an incompressible, laminar, transient free convection flow over a semi-infinite vertical plate. The non-dimensional governing equations are solved by the finite element method (FEM). The resulting non-linear integral equations are linearized and solved using the Newton–Raphson iteration. The resulting first-order ordinary differential equations with respect to time are ... Read more

The present article considers a numerical study on the combined effect of thermal dispersion and thermal radiation on the non-Darcy natural convection flow over a vertical flat plate kept at higher and constant temperature in a fluid saturated porous medium. Forchheimer extension is used in the flow equations. The coefficient of thermal diffusivity has been assumed to be the sum ... Read more

This paper investigates the combined effects of magnetohydrodynamics and radiation on free convection flow past an impulsively started isothermal vertical plate with Rosseland diffusion approximation. The fluid considered is a gray, absorbingemitting radiation but a non-scattering medium, with approximate transformations the boundary layer governing the flow are reduced to non-dimensional equations valid in the free convection regime. The dimensionless governing ... Read more

The present article considers a numerical study of thermal dispersion effect on the non-Darcy natural convection over a vertical flat plate in a fluid saturated porous medium. Forchheimer extension is considered in the flow equations. The coefficient of thermal diffusivity has been assumed to be the sum of molecular diffusivity and the dispersion thermal diffusivity due to mechanical dispersion. The ... Read more

A numerical solution for the free convective, unsteady, incompressible, laminar convective heat and mass transfer in a viscoelastic fluid along an impulsively started vertical plate with variable temperature and concentration in considered. The rheology of the fluid is studied through the Walters' (model B) to simulate medical creams, biotechnology and chemical engineering. The governing boundary layer equations are reduced to ... Read more