# EXISTENCE AND NON-UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTION FOR A MIXED CONVECTION FLOW THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM

• Hammouch, Zakia (Department of Mathematics, Moulay Ismail University) ;
• Guedda, Mohamed (Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Faculte de Mathematiques et d'Informatique)
• Received : 2011.06.23
• Accepted : 2013.03.31
• Published : 2013.09.30

#### Abstract

In this paper we reconsider the problem of steady mixed convection boundary-layer flow over a vertical flat plate studied in [6],[7] and [13]. Under favorable assumptions, we prove existence of multiple similarity solutions, we study also their asymptotic behavior. Numerical solutions are carried out using a shooting integration scheme.

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