TY - JOUR
TI - Similarity solution for natural convection from a moving vertical plate with internal heat generation and a convective boundary condition
AU - Makinde Oluwole Daniel
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 11
SP - 137
EP - 143
PT - Article
AB - Steady laminar natural convection flow over a semi-infinite moving vertical  plate in the presence of internal heat generation and a convective surface  boundary condition is examined in this paper. It is assumed that the left  surface of the plate is in contact with a hot fluid while the cold fluid on  the right surface of the plate contains a heat source that decays  exponentially with the classical similarity variable. The governing  non-linear partial differential equations have been transformed by a  similarity transformation into a system of ordinary differential equations,  which are solved numerically by applying shooting iteration technique  together with fourth order Runge-Kutta integration scheme. The effects of  physical parameters on the dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles  are depicted graphically and analyzed in detail. Finally, numerical values of  physical quantities, such as the local skin-friction coefficient and the  local Nusselt number are presented in tabular form.