Thermal radiation effect on non-Darcy natural convection with lateral mass transfer

Abstract

 A boundary layer analysis has been presented to study the influence of thermal radiation and lateral mass flux on non-Darcy natural convection over a vertical flat plate in a fluid saturated porous medium. Forchheimer extension is considered in the flow equations, and the Rosseland approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation. Similarity solution for the transformed governing equations is obtained and the combined effect of thermal radiation and fluid suction/injection on the heat transfer rate is discussed. Numerical results for the details of the velocity and temperature profiles as well as Nusselt number have been presented.