Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2010 Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages: 251-262
https://doi.org/10.2298/TAM1004251M
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Study of flow past an exponentially accelerated isothermal vertical plate in the presence of chemical reaction
Muthucumaraswamy R. (Department of Applied Mathematics Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Sriperumbudur, India)
Valliammal V. (Department of Applied Mathematics Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Sriperumbudur, India)
Theoretical study of unsteady flow past an exponentially accelerated infinite
isothermal vertical plate with variable mass diffusion has been presented in
the presence of homogeneous chemical reaction of first order. The plate
temperature is raised to Tw and species concentration level near the plate is
made to rise linearly with time. The dimensionless governing equations are
solved using Laplace-transform technique. The velocity profiles are studied
for different physical parameters like chemical reaction parameter, thermal
Grashof number, mass Grashof number, a and time. It is observed that the
velocity increases with increasing values of a or t. But the trend is just
reversed with respect to K.
Keywords: chemical reaction, accelerated, isothermal, vertical plate, exponential, heat transfer, mass diffusion