TITLE:
Self-Similar Solution of Heat and Mass Transfer of Unsteady Mixed Convection Flow on a Rotating Cone Embedded in a Porous Medium Saturated with a Rotating Fluid
AUTHORS:
Saleh M. Al-Harbi
KEYWORDS:
Unsteady Mixed Convection, Heat and Mass Transfer, Rotating Cone, Rotating Fluid, Porous Media, Self-Similar Solution
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.2 No.10,
October
11,
2011
ABSTRACT: A self-similar solution of unsteady mixed convection flow on a rotating cone embedded in a porous medium saturated with a rotating fluid in the presence of the first and second orders resistances has been obtained. It has been shown that a self-similar solution is possible when the free stream angular velocity and the angular velocity of the cone vary inversely as a linear function of time. The system of ordinary differential equations governing the flow has been solved numerically using an implicit finite difference scheme in combination with the quasi-linearization technique. Both prescribe wall temperature and prescribed heat flux conditions are considered. Numerical results are reported for the skin friction coefficients, Nusselt number and Sherwood number. The effect of various parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are also presented here.