Effects of mass transfer,free-convection currents and heat sources on the Stokes' problem for an infinite vertical plate

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.