Heat and mass transfer by MHD mixed convection stagnation point flow toward a vertical plate embedded in a highly porous medium with radiation and internal heat generation

Meccanica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1173-1184

  Makinde, O D ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Highly porous medium; Internal heat generation; Mixed convection; Stagnation point flow; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VELOCITY; BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INTEGRATION SCHEME; INTERNAL HEAT GENERATION; ITERATION TECHNIQUES; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; LOCAL SIMILARITY; LOCAL SKIN FRICTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS MEDIUM; RUNGE-KUTTA; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; VERTICAL PLATE;

HEAT GENERATION; HEAT RADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861921594     PISSN: 00256455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-011-9502-5     Document Type: Article

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