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Applied Mathematics , 2011, 2, 1432-1436 doi:10.4236/am.2011.212202 Published Online December 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/am) Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Nonlinear Brinkman-Forchheimer-Extended Darcy Flow Model 1 2* Basant K. Jha , Muhammad L. Kaurangini 1 Department of Mathematics , Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria, Nigeria 2Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria * E-mail : kaurangini@ Received September 6, 2011; revised November 6, 2011; accepted November 13, 2011 Abstract New approximate analytical solutions for steady flow in parallel-plates channels filled with porous materials governed by non-linear Brinkman-Forchheimer extended Darcy model for three different physical situations are presented. These results are compared with those obtained from an implicit finite-difference solution of the corresponding time dependent flow problem. It is seen that the time dependent flow solutions yield the almost same steady state values as obtained by using the new approximate analytical solutions Keywords: Non-Linear, Darcy, Time Dependent Flow, Steady State 1. Introduction Reference [5] also presented a closed form solution of the Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy momentum The behaviour of fluid flow in porous media has achi- equation and the associated heat transfer equation for the eved considerable attention due to its important practical