BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WITH DIFFUSION AND FIRST ORDER CHEMICAL

REACTIONOVER A POROUS FLAT PLATE SUBJECT TO SUCTION/INJECTION AND

WITH WALL CONCENTRATION
The flow over a flat plate is a classical problem in fluid mechanics. A survey of
boundary layer p shows that the flow past a flat plate with uniform free stream is
vastly studied. H. Blausius first investigated the steady laminar boundary layer
flow over a flat plate, using similarity variable he get the non-linear third-order
ordinary differential equation and solved it analytically. In the present paper, the
effect of diffusion of chemically reactive species undergoing first-order chemical
reaction on laminar boundary layer over a porous flat plate subject to suction or
injection is investigated. According to the analysis, the wall concentration is
variable and the reaction rate is taken inversely proportional to the position
along the plate. By using similarity transformation, self-similar set equations are
obtained and then solved numerically using well-known shooting method for the
solution of boundary value problem. The numerical result are plotted and the
variation of flow behaviour and solute transfer characteristics are thoroughly
analysed. The aim of this paper is to find out the boundary layer flow over a
porous flat plate with diffusion of chemically reactive species that undergoes
first-order reaction and subject to suction or injection. The variable plate
concentration is take into account. The governing partial differential equations
are transformed into a set of self-similar ordinary differential equations which are
solved by shooting method by using similarity variable technique. It is shown
that for the increase of suction at the plate both velocity and concentration
boundary layer thickness decrease but both thickness increase for increasing
injection. As values of Schmidt number, reaction rate parameter and the power-
law exponent increases, the concentration at a fixed point within boundary layer
decreases. Meanwhile, for affixed point, the magnitude of concentration gradient
initially increases with the increase of reaction rate parameter but then, after
some point it decreases. The rate of solute transfer from the plate increases with
reaction rate parameter and power-law exponent.
Author: Krishendu Bhattacharyya
11 august 2011
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