Natural convection from a vertical plate embedded in a stratified medium with uniform heat source

Abstract

Natural convection flow from an isothermal vertical plate with uniform heat source embedded in a stratified medium has been discussed in this paper. The resulting momentum and energy equations of boundary layer approximation are then made non-similar by introducing the usual non-similarity transformations. Numerical solutions of these equations are obtained by an implicit finite difference method for a wide range of the stratification parameter, X. The solutions are also obtained for different values of pertinent parameters, namely, the Prandtl number, Pr and the heat generation or absorption parameter, λ and are expressed in terms of the local skin friction and local heat transfer, which are shown as graphical form. Effect of heat generation or absorption on the streamlines and isotherms are also shown graphically for different values of λ.

Keywords:

• Natural convection
• Stratified media
• Heat source
• Heat Transfer
• Vertical plate
• Boundary layer flow