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MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
By
Supervisor
Dr. J. PRANITHA
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
WARANGAL-506004
INDIA
APRIL 2017
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the dissertation entitled Natural Convection Over a Horizontal Plate in
a Nanofluid Saturated Porous Medium is the bonafide work done by Mr. PASUPULA
VINOD KUMAR in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology
Warangal (India).
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree
of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Dr. J. PRANITHA
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
This is to certify that the dissertation entitled Natural Convection Over a Horizontal Plate in
a Nanofluid Saturated Porous Medium is the bonafide work done by Mr. PASUPULA
VINOD KUMAR in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology
Warangal (India).
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirement for the award of the
degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Prof. D. DUTTA
Department of Mathematics
Warangal-506004, India
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NOMENCLATURE
1. INTRODUCTION 1-3
5. CONCLUSIONS 14-15
6. REFERENCES 15-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am grateful to Prof. D. Dutta, Head of the Department and Prof. J.V. Ramana murthy, former
Head, Department of Mathematics, for providing necessary help and support throughout the
period of my course work.
It is my privilege to thank Prof. G. Radhakrishnamacharya, Prof. Y.N. Reddy and, Prof. K.N.S.
KasiViswanadham, Dr. D. Srinivasacharya Department of Mathematics, National Institute of
Technology Warangal, for their valuable suggestions, moral support and encouragement during
my stay.
My special thanks are due to the other faculty members of the Department of Mathematics,
National Institute of Technology Warangal, for their encouraging words from time to time during
my course work.
Finally, I thank all my classmates and friends for making my stay memorable at National
Institute of Technology Warangal.
No words are adequate to express my indebtedness to my parents and their support has been an
invaluable source of inspiration to me.
P. VINOD KUMAR
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