Abstract
The natural convection flows from the wall and free plumes above a horizontal heat line source in a non-Darcian porous medium are investigated. The non-Darcian convective, boundary viscous and inertia effects are all considered. The results indicate that the non-Darcian effects decrease the peak velocities and increase the maximum temperatures, and thicken the temperature boundary layer. In addition, the wall plume has a lower peak velocity and a higher maximum temperature than the corresponding free plume. Moreover, solutions by using local similarity and local non-similarity methods overestimate the maximum temperature and peak velocity for both wall and free plume cases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1925-1933 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 Sep |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes