Governing equations in the boundary layer induced by a steady incompressible oblique stagnation-point flow axisymmetrically impinging on a vertical constant temperature cylinder along with mixed convection heat transfer due to buoyancy forces are reduced to ODEs using similarity transformations and are solved numerically. Assuming constant strength for the oblique flow and by changing the obliqueness angle αin between zero to 90°, solution of equations\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' system has been repeated at any specific value of α in the states of assisting or opposing flow. Using the resulting data, the behavior of the flow parameters like Nusselt number, situation of streamline Ψ=0 at incident point and other characteristics are found against the flow obliqueness angle. The results are presented for Reynolds numbers 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 and buoyancy parameter values of in which the heat and flow mechanisms are special cases of opposing flow, no buoyancy flow, and assisting flow, respectively.

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