Effects of pressure stress work and viscous dissipation in mixed convection flow along a vertical flat plate

Abstract

In this study, a mathematical model for steady laminar mixed convection boundary layer flow over a semi infinite, isothermal, vertical flat plate immersed in an incompressible fluid is developed. The governing non linear partial differential equations are first transformed using an appropriate non similar transformation and then solved using an implicit finite difference method with Keller- Box scheme. Numerical results presented include the velocity and temperature profiles as well as the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics, for the different values of pressure work parameter ∈, viscous dissipation parameter Ec and heat generation parameter Q while Prandtl number Pr and the buoyancy force parameter Ri are fixed which are taken 1 and 0.72 respectively. The numerical code have been developed using FORTRAN language software. Next, the solution have been showed graphically.