RT Journal Article ID 58813e8217a2bf4c A1 Hossain, Md. Anwar A1 Saha, S. C. A1 Gorla, R.S.R. T1 Viscous Dissipation Effects on Natural Convection from a Vertical Plate with Uniform Surface Heat Flux Placed in a Thermally Stratified Media JF International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research JO FMR YR 2005 FD 2005-12-01 VO 32 IS 3 SP 269 OP 280 AB In the present study we investigate the effect of viscous dissipation on natural convection from a vertical plate placed in a thermally stratified environment. The reduced equations are integrated by employing the implicit finite difference scheme of Keller box method and obtained the effect of heat due to viscous dissipation on the local skin friction and local Nusselt number at various stratification levels, for fluids having Prandtl numbers of 10, 50, and 100. Solutions are also obtained using the perturbation technique for small values of viscous dissipation parameters ξ and compared to the finite difference solutions for 0 ≤ ξ ≤ 1. Effect of viscous dissipation and temperature stratification are also shown on the velocity and temperature distributions in the boundary layer region. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/71cb29ca5b40f8f8,319400b90bf67f55,58813e8217a2bf4c.html