freeconv.m

Free Convection Past a Vertical Flat Plate

% Author: Housam Binous

% Free Convection Past a Vertical Flat Plate

% National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tunis, TUNISIA

% Email: [e-mail]

function xdot=freeconv(t,x)

global langeda delta

% derivation of the governing equations can be found in Deen's book
% Analysis of Transport Phenomena, OPU, 1998.

xdot(1)=x(2);
xdot(2)=langeda*x(1)-x(3)*x(1);
xdot(3)=x(4)
xdot(4)=1/delta^2*(x(3)-0.5*x(1)^2);

xdot=xdot';