Mixed convection flow over a slender cylinder due to the combined effects of thermal and mass diffusion Online publication date: Fri, 24-Mar-2017
by Devarapu Anilkumar; Prabal Datta; Bishun D. Pandey
International Journal of Aerodynamics (IJAD), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 2016
Abstract: This paper deals with the similarity solution of double-diffusive mixed convection flow over a vertical slender cylinder due to the combined effects of thermal and mass diffusion. Local similarity method has been used to transform governing nonlinear partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations. With the help of a set of suitable similarity transformations, the nonlinear coupled partial differential equations governing select phenomena (such as flow, thermal and concentration field) have been reduced to a set of nonlinear coupled ordinary differential equations. Numerical solution of system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are derived using an implicit finite difference scheme along with quasilinearisation technique. The significant observations of the study are as follows: 1) strong effect of buoyancy parameter λ on the flow and thermal field; 2) strong influence of Prandtl number (Pr) and Sherwood number (Sc) on heat transfer and mass transfer respectively.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Aerodynamics (IJAD):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook