R. C. Chaudhary

Combined heat and mass transfer by laminar mixed convection flow from a vertical surface with induced magnetic field

The mixed convection flow over a continuously moving porous vertical plate under the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion has been studied under the action of transverse applied magnetic field taking into account the induced magnetic field, when the plate is subjected to constant heat and mass fluxes. Solutions for the velocity field, temperature distribution, concentration distribution, induced magnetic field and current density are obtained using perturbation technique. Expressions for shear stress, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are also obtained. Its apparent that the effect of Grashof number (Gr) on temperature distribution is significantly greater than the magnetic parameter and Schmidt number and the temperature distribution remains more for Gr 0 for both air and water. It is found that the shear stress decreases with increasing Prandtl number (Pr).

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS EFFECT ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISCOUS INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW BETWEEN TWO HORIZONTAL PARALLEL POROUS PLATES AND HEAT TRANSFER WITH PERIODIC INJECTION/SUCTION

We investigate the hydromagnetic effect on viscous incompressible flow between two horizontal parallel porous flat plates with transverse sinusoidal injection of the fluid at the stationary plate and its corresponding removal by periodic suction through the plate in uniform motion. The flow becomes three dimensional due to this injection/suction velocity. Approximate solutions are obtained for the flow field, the pressure, the skin-friction, the temperature field, and the rate of heat transfer. The dependence of solution on M (Hartmann number) and λ (injection/suction) is investigated by the graphs and tables.

Effects of chemical reaction on magneto-micropolar fluid flow from a radiative surface with variable permeability

Abstract This paper presents a study of a hydromagnetic free convection flow of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid past a vertical plate through a porous medium with a heat source, taking into account the homogeneous chemical reaction of first order. A uniform magnetic field has also been considered in the study which acts perpendicular to the porous surface of the above plate. The analysis has been done by assuming varying permeability of the medium and the Rosseland approximation has been used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation. Numerical results are presented graphically in the form of velocity, micro- rotation, concentration and temperature profiles, the skin-friction coefficient, the couple stress coefficient, the rate of heat and mass transfers at the wall for different material parameters. The study clearly demonstrates how a chemical reaction influences the above parameters under given conditions