Unsteady/Steady Free Convective Couette Flow of Reactive Viscous Fluid in a Vertical Channel Formed by Two Vertical Porous Plates. (16th July 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jha, Basant K.; Samaila, Ahmad K.; Ajibade, Abiodun O.
• Other Names: Appell M. Academic Editor.; Aranovich G. L. Academic Editor.; Ghoufi A. Academic Editor.; Merinov B. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: ISRN thermodynamics. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-07-16
• Subjects: Thermodynamics -- Periodicals; Thermodynamics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 536.7
• DOI: 10.5402/2012/794741
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-5203

Abstract

Abstract : This paper presents unsteady as well as steady-state free convection Couette flow of reactive viscous fluid in a vertical channel formed by two infinite vertical parallel porous plates. The motion of the fluid is induced due to free convection caused by the reactive nature of viscous fluid as well as the impulsive motion of one of the porous plates. The Boussinesq assumption is applied, and the nonlinear governing equations of motion and energy are developed. The time-dependent problem is solved using implicit finite difference method, and steady-state problem is solved by applying regular perturbation technique. During the course of computation, an excellent agreement was found between the well-known steady-state solutions and transient solutions at large value of time.