Mixed Convection of Water at 4A°C Along a Wedge with Variable Surface Flux in a Porous Medium

In this study, the mixed convection of water at 4A degrees C along a wedge in a porous medium is investigated numerically using finite difference method. In order to explore the effect of mixed convection, both forced and free convection-dominated regimes are considered. Non-similarity solutions are obtained for the variable wall flux boundary condition. Velocity and temperature profiles as well as local dimensionless skin friction and Nusselt number are obtained and compared with the available numerical results for various values of different parameters. The wedge angle geometry parameter m and mixed convection parameter xi are ranged from 0 to 1 in both regimes whereas different values of lambda are considered for the purpose of comparison of heat transfer results.