Temperature-Dependent Viscosity and Prandtl Number Effects on Natural Convection Methanol Boundary Layers about a Vertical Plate with Injection

Abstract

<p>The present study deals with the effect of temperature-dependent viscosity and Prandtl number on the steady, natural, laminar flow of methanol past a vertical porous plate with injection. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations governing the non-similar flow have been solved numerically using an implicit finite-difference scheme along with the quasilinearization technique. Numerical results indicate that temperature-dependent viscosity and Prandtl number, both have a major role on skin friction and heat transfer parameters as well as velocity and temperature fields.</p>