MHD Free Convective Flow Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Permeable Wall

R.K.Singh; A.K.Singh

doi:10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2012.09.009

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R.K.Singh, A.K.Singh. MHD Free Convective Flow Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Permeable Wall[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2012, 33(9): 1129-1142. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2012.09.009

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R.K.Singh, A.K.Singh. MHD Free Convective Flow Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Permeable Wall[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2012, 33(9): 1129-1142. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2012.09.009

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R.K.Singh, A.K.Singh. MHD Free Convective Flow Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Permeable Wall[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2012, 33(9): 1129-1142. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2012.09.009

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MHD Free Convective Flow Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Permeable Wall

doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2012.09.009

Department of Mathematics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Received Date: 2011-05-04
Rev Recd Date: 2012-05-11
Publish Date: 2012-09-15

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Abstract

The basic equations governing the flow and heat transfer of an incompressible viscous and electrically conducting fluid past a semi-infinite vertical permeable plate in the form of partial differential equations were reduced to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by applying a suitable similarity transformation. Approximate solutions of the transformed equations were obtained by employing the perturbation method for two cases of suction parameter i.e., small and large values. From the numerical evaluations of the solution it is seen that the velocity field at any point decreases as the value of the magnetic and suction parameters increases. The effect of the magnetic parameter is to increase the thermal boundary layer. It is also found that the velocity and temperature fields decrease with the increase in sink parameter.
- magnetohydrodynamics,
- suction,
- natural-convection,
- Prandtl number,
- source/sink,
- permeability,
- boundary layer

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