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The nonsimilarity solutions of laminar boundary layer free convection flows along a rotating isothermal plate under nonuniform gravity and along a non isothermal vertical plate have been obtained. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations and then solved numerically using the method of ‘shooting’ with least square convergence criterion. The results for large values of axial distance are found to be more accurate than those obtained by series and integral methods, but for small values of axial distance they are in good agreement.
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Nath, G. Nonsimilarity solutions of a class of free convection problems. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 84, 114–123 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046834
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046834