RT Journal Article ID 788d43b1112dcdb1 A1 Achemlal, Driss A1 Sriti, M. A1 El Haroui, M. T1 VISCOSITY AND FLUID SUCTION/INJECTION EFFECTS ON FREE CONVECTION FLOW FROM A VERTICAL PLATE IN A POROUS MEDIUM SATURATED WITH A PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID JF Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal JO CTS YR 2014 FD 2014-09-24 VO 6 IS 3 SP 273 OP 283 K1 free convection K1 pseudoplastic fluid K1 suction/injection K1 porous medium AB This paper investigates the effects of the fluid viscosity, the fluid suction/injection, and the power law fluid index on the free convection flow from a heated vertical plate in a porous medium saturated with a pseudoplastic fluid in the presence of internal heat generation. The problem is studied for power law fluid exponents between 0 and 1. The governing equations are transformed into an autonomous third-order nonlinear degenerate ordinary differential equation by means of similarity transformations. This equation is then solved numerically by the fifth-order Runge-Kutta scheme associated with the shooting iteration technique. Also, the effects of the governing physical parameters on the velocity and temperature, the local Nusselt number, and the local skin-friction profiles have been computed and studied with the help of graphs. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/648192910890cd0e,1077c232211f108a,788d43b1112dcdb1.html