Abstract

Both buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion in the natural convection flow about a vertical plate are considered in this paper. The non-linear coupled differential governing equations for velocity, temperature and concentration fields are solved by using the homotopy analysis method. Without the need of iteration, the obtained solution is in the form of an infinite power series which indicates those series have high accuracy when comparing it with other-generated by the traditional method. The impact of the Prandtl number, Schmidt number and the buoyancy parameter on the flow are widely discussed in detail.

Details

Title
Homotopy Analysis of Natural Convection Flows with Effects of Thermal and Mass Diffusion
Author
Wei-Chung, Tien; Yang, Yue-Tzu; Cha’o-Kuang Chen
Pages
447-462
Section
ARTICLE
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Tech Science Press
ISSN
1526-1492
e-ISSN
1526-1506
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2397331761
Copyright
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