Non-Darcy mixed convection from a horizontal plate embedded in a nanofluid saturated porous media

The problem of steady mixed convection boundary-layer flow over an impermeable horizontal flat plate embedded in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid is numerically studied. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates only the effect of the volume fraction parameter. The surface of the plate is maintained at a constant temperature and a constant nano-particle volume fraction. The resulting governing partial differential equations are transformed into a set of two ordinary (similar) equations, which are solved using the bvp4c function from Matlab. A comparison is made with the available results in the literature, and the present results are in very good agreement with the known results. A representative set of numerical results for the reduced heat transfer from the plate, dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles is graphically and tabularly presented. Also, the salient features of the results are analyzed and discussed.