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Transient non-Darcy free convection between parallel vertical plates in a fluid saturated porous medium

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Transient non-Darcy free convection between two parallel vertical plates in a fluid saturated porous medium is investigated using the generalized momentum equation proposed by Vafai and Tien. The effects of porous inertia and solid boundary are considered in addition to the Darcy flow resistance. Exact solutions are found for the asymptotic states at small and large times. The large time solutions reveal that the velocity profiles are rather sensitive to the Darcy number Da when Da<1. It has also been found that boundary friction alters the velocity distribution near the wall, considerably. Finite difference calculations have also been carried out to investigate the transient behaviour at the intermediate times in which no similarity solutions are possible. This analytical and numerical study reveals that the transient free convection between the parallel plates may well be described by matching the two distinct asymptotic solutions obtained at small and large times.

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Abbreviations

C :

empirical constant for the Forchheimer term

f :

velocity function for the small time solution

F :

velocity function for the large time solution

g :

acceleration due to gravity

Gr*:

micro-scale Grashof number

H :

a half distance between two infinite plates

K :

permeability

Nu:

Nusselt number

Pr:

Prandtl number

t :

time

T :

temperature

u, v :

Darcian velocity components

x, y :

Cartesian coordinates

α:

effective thermal diffusivity

β:

coefficient of thermal expansion

ε:

porosity

ζ:

dimensionless time

η:

similarity variable

θ:

dimensionless temperature

μ:

viscosity

ν:

kinematic viscosity

ρ:

density

σ:

the ratio of heat capacities

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  1. Dept. of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka Univ., 3-5-1 Johoku, 432, Hamamatsu, Japan

    A. Nakayama, F. Kuwahara & H. Koyama

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Nakayama, A., Kuwahara, F. & Koyama, H. Transient non-Darcy free convection between parallel vertical plates in a fluid saturated porous medium. Appl. Sci. Res. 50, 29–42 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01086451

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