TY - JOUR T1 - Semi-Analytical Prediction of Mixed Convection in Porous Medium Using Darcy-Brinkman Model AU - Flilihi, E. AU - Sriti, M. AU - Achemlal, D. AU - El-Haroui, M. JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 1122 EP - 1129 PY - 2019 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2019.1122.1129 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.1122.1129 KW - Mixed convection KW -Darcy-Brinkman Model KW -porous medium KW -similarity method KW -suction/injection KW -numerical results AB - In this research, a similarity study of mixed convection flow over a heated vertical plate embedded in Darcy-Brinkman saturated porous medium is presented. A computer code based on a fifth-order Runge-Kutta scheme with the shooting method is developed to obtain numerical solutions for resulting dimensionless governing equations. Afterward, we validated our computational code by comparing the numerical results to those obtained analytically. Subsequently, we conducted a parametric study of all parameters involved in the problem of heat transfer and flow. It is found that the increase of the mixed convection parameter, the permeability and the fluid suction reduce the thickness of the thermal boundary layer. ER -