Mixed convection from a horizontal line source of heat (Q1079434)

The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to obtain a solution valid at a large downstream distance from the source. Two perturbation parameters characterize the non-boundary-layer and the non-zero free- stream velocity effects, respectively. These effects are considered simultaneously, as perturbations of the associated natural convection plume flow. It is shown that corrections due to higher-order effects enter into the expansion before the fifth term of the inverse coordinate expansion considered by \textit{N. Afzal} [J. Fluid Mech. 105, 347-368 (1981; Zbl 0459.76070)], for the same flow. Results of the numerical computations are presented for \(\Pr =0.7\).