An Oscillatory Three Dimensional Flow Past An Infinite Vertical Porous Plate with Soret and Dufour Effects

An Oscillatory Three Dimensional Flow Past An Infinite Vertical Porous Plate with Soret and Dufour Effects

N. Ahmed H. Kalita D. P. Barua 

Department of Mathematics, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, Assam, India

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https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.300202
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Abstract: 

The problem of an oscillatory three dimensional flow past an infinite vertical porous plate with Soret and Dufour effects is presented. Analytical solutions to the coupled non-linear equations governing the flow and heat and mass transfer are solved by regular perturbation technique. The expression for the velocity field, temperature field, species concentration, the Skin-friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number at the plate are obtained in non-dimensional forms. The velocity distribution, temperature, chemical species concentration, Coefficient of Skin-friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number at the plate are demonstrated graphically and the effects of different parameters viz. the Suction Reynolds number, the Grashof numbers, the Soret number and the Dufour number on these fields are discussed. 

1. Introduction
2. Basic Equations
3. Method of Solution
4. Cross Flow Solution
5. Solution for First Order Flow, Concentration and Temperature Field
6. Coefficient of Skin-Friction at the Plate
7. The Co-efficient of Heat Flux
8. The Co-Efficient of Mass Flux
9. Discussion of the Results
10. Conclusions
Nomenclature
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