UNSTEADY FREE CONVECTIVE FLOW PAST A MOVING VERTICAL POROUS PLATE WITH NEWTONIAN HEATING

摘要

The unsteady free convective flow past a vertical porous plate with Newtonian heating has been studied. The governing equations have been solved numerically by Crank-Nicolson implicit finite-difference scheme. The variations of velocity and fluid temperature are presented graphically. It is found that the fluid velocity decreases with an increase in Prandtl number. Both the fluid velocity and the fluid temperature increase with an increase in suction parameter. An increase in Grashof number leads to rise in the fluid velocity. Further, it is observed that the shear stress and the rate of heat transfer at the plate increase with an increase in either Prandtl number or suction parameter or time.