Radiative and Porous Effects on Free Convection Flow near a Vertical Plate that Applies Shear Stress to the Fluid

Abstract

General solutions for the unsteady free convection flow of an incompressible viscous fluid due to an infinite vertical plate that applies a shear stress f (t) to the fluid are established when thermal radiation and porous effects are taken into consideration. They satisfy all imposed initial and boundary conditions and can generate a large class of exact solutions corresponding to different motions with technical relevance. The velocity is presented as a sum of thermal and mechanical components. Finally, some special cases are brought to light, and effects of pertinent parameters on the fluid motion are graphically underlined.