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In this paper, we consider the unsteady free convection boundary layer flow which is induced by time-periodic variations in the surface temperature of a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium. The basic steady flow is that of a power-law distribution where the surface temperature varies as the nth power of the distance from the leading edge. Small-amplitude time-periodic disturbances are added to this basic distribution. Both the low- and high-frequency limits are considered separately, and these are compared with a full numerical solution obtained by using the Keller-box method. Attention is restricted to the cases n≤1; when n=1, the flow is locally self-similar for any prescribed frequency of modulation.
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Hossain, M.A., Pop, I. & Rees, D.A.S. The Effect of Time-Periodic Surface Temperature Oscillations on Free Convection from a Vertical Surface in a Porous Medium. Transport in Porous Media 39, 119–130 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006692124087
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