Mixed convection effect on melting from a vertical plate in a porous medium

In the present work, the effect of mixed convection about vertical surfaces on the phenomenon of melting process in a fluid-saturated porous medium is analyzed on the basis of boundary layer approximations. Similarity solutio ns are obtained for aiding external flow. The final similarity equations ar e integrated numerically by use of the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. Res ults are reported for the flow and thermal fields in the melt region. The m elting phenomenon decreases the local Nusselt number at the solid-liquid in terface.