Transient mixed convection along a vertical plate embedded in porous media with internal heat generation and oscillating temperature

The effects of oscillating plate temperature on transient mixed convection heat transfer from a porous vertical surface embedded in a saturated porous medium with internal heat generation or absorption are studied The governing equations are transformed into dimenionless form by a set of variables and solved using the Galerkine finite element method. As the energy generation increases, the temperature near the wall will be higher than the wall temperature, thus increasing buoyancy forces inside the boundary layer and consequently increasing the velocity. The increase of energy absorption term for either space or temperature dependence will decrease the velocity inside the boundary layer and increase heat transfer rates. Different temperature and velocity profiles are drawn for different dimensionless groups. Numerical values for Nusselt numbers as well as local skin friction coefficient are also tabulated.