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The problem of the self-similar boundary flow of a “Darcy-Boussinesq fluid” on a vertical plate with temperature distribution T w(x) = T ∞+A·x λ and lateral mass flux v w(x) = a·x (λ−1)/2, embedded in a saturated porous medium is revisited. For the parameter values λ = 1,−1/3 and −1/2 exact analytic solutions are written down and the characteristics of the corresponding boundary layers are discussed as functions of the suction/ injection parameter in detail. The results are compared with the numerical findings of previous authors.
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Received on 8 March 1999
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Magyari, E., Keller, B. Exact analytic solutions for free convection boundary layers on a heated vertical plate with lateral mass flux embedded in a saturated porous medium. Heat and Mass Transfer 36, 109–116 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310050372
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310050372