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The non-Darcy mixed convection flow on a vertical cylinder embedded in a saturated porous medium has been studied taking into account the effect of thermal dispersion. Both forced flow and buoyancy force dominated cases with constant wall temperature condition have been considered. The governing partial differential equations have been solved numerically using the Keller box method. The results are presented for the buoyancy parameter which cover the entire regime of mixed convection flow ranging from pure forced convection to pure free convection. The effect of thermal dispersion is found to be more pronounced on the heat transfer than on the skin friction and it enhances the heat transfer but reduces the skin friction.
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Kumari, M., Nath, G. & Pop, I. Non-Darcy mixed convection flow with thermal dispersion on a vertical cylinder in a saturated porous medium. Acta Mechanica 100, 69–77 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176862
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