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Effects of viscous dissipation on a power-law fluid over plate embedded in a porous medium

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The present study is devoted to investigate the influences of viscous dissipation on buoyancy induced flow over a horizontal or a vertical flat plate embedded in a non-Newtonian fluid saturated porous medium. The Ostwald-de Waele power-law model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. Similarity solutions for the transformed governing equations are obtained with prescribed variable surface temperature (PT) or with prescribed variable surface heat flux (PHF) for the horizontal plate case. While, the similarity solutions are obtained with prescribed variable surface heat flux for the vertical plate case. Different similar transformations, for each case, are used. Numerical results for the details of the velocity and temperature profiles are shown on graphs. Nusselt number associated with temperature distributions and excess surface temperature associated with heat flux distributions which are entered in tables have been presented for different values of the power-law index n and the exponent λ as well as Eckert number.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Aswan-EGYPT

    M. F. El-Amin & M. A. El-Hakiem

  2. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut-EGYPT

    M. A. Mansour

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El-Amin, M.F., El-Hakiem, M.A. & Mansour, M.A. Effects of viscous dissipation on a power-law fluid over plate embedded in a porous medium. Heat and Mass Transfer 39, 807–813 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-003-0415-2

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