Author(s)

Md. Yeakub Ali, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Md. Jasim Uddin, N. M. Ridwan Zahed

Department of Mathematics, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Similarity solution of unsteady convective boundary layer flow along isothermal vertical plate with porous medium is analyzed. The plate surface is reactive with the fluid and generates inert specie which diffuses inside the boundary. The flux of the specie at the plate is proportional to specie concentration at the plate. The governing equations of continuity, momentum, energy and specie diffusion are transformed into ordinary differential equation by using the similarity transformation and solved numerically by using free parameter method along with shooting technique. The dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are obtained and presented through figures for different parameters entering into the problem. The local Skin-friction co-efficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number at the plate for physical interest are also discussed through tables.

Similarity Solution, Unsteady Flow, Porous Medium, Convective Boundary Layer Flow, Vertical Plate

Ali, M. , Uddin, M. , Uddin, M. and Zahed, N. (2015) Similarity Solutions of Unsteady Convective Boundary Layer Flow along Isothermal Vertical Plate with Porous Medium. Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, 5, 391-406. doi: 10.4236/ojfd.2015.54038.