Title

Hydromagnetic Flow Of A Dusty Fluid Over A Stretching Sheet

Authors

Authors

K. Vajravelu;J. Nayfeh

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Non-Linear Mech.

Keywords

Viscoelastic Fluid; Heat-Transfer; Suction; Mechanics

Abstract

Analysis of hydromagnetic flow of a dusty fluid over a stretching sheet is carried out with a view to throw adequate light on the effects of fluid-particle interaction, particle loading, and suction on the flow characteristics. The equations of motion are reduced to coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations by similarity transformations. These coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations are solved numerically on an IBM 4381 with double precession, using a variable order, variable step-size finite-difference method. The numerical solutions are compared with their approximate solutions, obtained by a perturbation technique. For small values of beta the exact (numerical) solution is in close agreement with that of the analytical (approximate) solution. It is observed that, even in the presence of a transverse magnetic field and suction, the transverse velocity of both the fluid and particle (Absolute value of G) phases decreases with an increase in the fluid-particle interaction parameter, beta, or the particle-loading parameter, k. Moreover, the particle density is maximum at the surface of the stretching sheet, and the shearing stress increases with an increase in beta or k.

Journal Title

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volume

27

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

937

Last Page

945

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1992KA00300004

ISSN

0020-7462

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