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An exact analysis of the effects of heat sources, mass transfer and free-convection currents on the flow past an impulsively started vertical plate is investigated. Closed-form solutions to the velocity and temperature field have been derived by using Laplace transform and expressions are given for the Skin-friction and the rate of heat transfer. Variations of the above quantities are presented graphically, and the paper is concluded with a quantitative discussion.
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Raptis, A.A., Tzivanidis, G.J. Effects of mass transfer, free-convection currents and heat sources on the Stokes' problem for an infinite vertical plate. Astrophys Space Sci 78, 351–357 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648944
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