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The non-similar boundary layer solutions are presented to study the mixed convective flow of a power-law fluid above a vertical adiabatic surface with a steady thermal source at the leading edge. The boundary layer equations contain an important mixed convection parameter. The governing non-similar equations are solved by means of a novel finite difference scheme for several values of the power-law viscosity index, the buoyancy parameter and the non-Newtonian Prandtl number of the fluid. The solutions obtained are uniformly valid over the entire regime of the buoyancy parameter ranging from forced convection to free convection limits. Consideration is given to the case of buoyancy-assisted and buoyancy-opposed plumes.
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Lee, J.K., Gorla, R.S.R., Nakamura, S. et al. Mixed convection in wall plume of power-law fluids. Acta Mechanica 102, 47–58 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01178517
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