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Transport in Porous Media, Vol.102, No.3, 317-323, 2014
Melting Effect on Mixed Convection Boundary Layer Flow About a Vertical Surface Embedded in a Porous Medium: Opposing Flows Case
The effect of melting phenomenon on the steady mixed convection boundary layer flow about a vertical surface embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium is numerically studied. The boundary layer partial differential equations are transformed into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformation and then are solved using the shooting method for different values of the mixed convection and melting parameters. Results show that dual solutions exist for a certain range of these parameters. The results also indicate that the melting phenomenon reduces the heat transfer rate and expedites the boundary layer separation.