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VARIABLE VISCOSITY AND NON-CONSTANT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF A DUAL MIXED CONVECTION FLOWS THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM

Author: AMOS W.OGUNSOLA, BENJAMIN A.PETER,
Publisher: International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology ISSN 2278-7763
Published: 2014
Section: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Abstract

In this work, we examined variable viscosity and non-constant thermal conductivity of a dual mixed convection flows in a vertical channel through a porous medium.

We employed Galerkin weighted residual method to solve the resulting non-linear equations. The results show the effects of variable viscosity parameter, thermal conductivity parameter, Brinkman number, Reynolds number, Prandtl number and Darcy number on the flow system.

Keywords: Mixed convection, Weighted residual method, vertical channel and porous medium.