THERMAL RADIATION AND VARIABLE VISCOSITY EFFECTS ON UNSTEADY MIXED CONVECTION FLOW IN THE STAGNATION REGION ON A VERTICAL SURFACE EMBEDDED IN A POROUS MEDIUM WITH SURFACE HEAT FLUX

I. A. Hassanien (Egypt) and T. H. Al-Arabi (Saudi Arabia)

Received January 20, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: unsteady flow, mixed convection, porous media, non-similar solution, finite difference.