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A fully developed mixed convection flow between inclined parallel flat plates filled with a porous medium is considered through which there is a constant flow rate and with heat being supplied to the fluid by the same uniform heat flux on each plate. The equations governing this flow are made non-dimensional and are seen to depend on two dimensionless parameters, a mixed convection parameter λ and the Péclet number Pe, as well as the inclination γ of the plates to the horizontal. The velocity and temperature profiles are obtained in terms of λ, Pe and γ when the channel is inclined in an upwards direction as well as for horizontal channels. The limiting cases of small and large λ and small Pe are considered with boundary-layer structures being seen to develop on the plates for large values of λ.
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Cimpean, D., Pop, I., Ingham, D.B. et al. Fully Developed Mixed Convection Flow Between Inclined Parallel Plates Filled with a Porous Medium. Transp Porous Med 77, 87–102 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-008-9264-2
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