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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.47, No.3, 419-428, 2004
Mixed convection heat and mass transfer along a vertical wavy surface
A numerical study of mixed convection heat and mass transfer along a vertical wavy surface has been carried out numerically. The wavy surface is maintained at uniform wall temperature and constant wall concentration that is higher than that of the ambient. A simple coordinate transformation is employed to transform the complex wavy surface to a flat plate. A marching finite-difference scheme is used for present analysis. The buoyancy ratio N, amplitude-wavelength ratio alpha, and Richardson number (Gr/Re-2) are important parameters for this problem. The numerical results, including the developments of skin-friction coefficient, velocity, temperature, concentration, Nusselt number as well as Sherwood number along the wavy surface are presented. The effects of the buoyancy ratio N and the dimensionless amplitude of wavy surface on the local Nusselt number and the local Sherwood number have been examined in detail. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.