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Combined effect of magnetic field and thermal dispersion on a non-darcy mixed convection

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This paper is devoted to investigate the influences of thermal dispersion and magnetic field on a hot semi-infinite vertical porous plate embedded in a saturated Darcy-Forchheimer-Brinkman porous medium. The coefficient of thermal diffusivity has been assumed to be the sum of the molecular diffusivity and the dynamic diffusivity due to mechanical dispersion. The effects of transverse magnetic field parameter (Hartmann number Ha), Reynolds number Re (different velocities), Prandtl number Pr (different types of fluids) and dispersion parameter on the wall shear stress and the heat transfer rate are discussed.

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El-Amin, M.F., Sun, S. Combined effect of magnetic field and thermal dispersion on a non-darcy mixed convection. J. Therm. Sci. 20, 276–282 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-011-0470-9

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