MHD flow past a stretching permeable sheet

    Authors

    V. Kumaran; A. K. Banerjee; A. V. Kumar;K. Vajravelu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Math. Comput.

    Keywords

    MHD flow; Stretching permeable sheet; Boundary layer flow; Electrically; conducting fluid; RADIATION; FLUID; PLATE; Mathematics, Applied

    Abstract

    An exact solution is obtained for a boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting fluid past a quadratically stretching, and linearly permeable sheet. Effects of magnetic, suction/injection, linear/nonlinear stretching parameters on the stream function and the skin friction are shown graphically and are discussed. The results obtained reveal many interesting behaviors that warrant further study of the equations related to non-Newtonian fluid phenomena, especially the shear-thinning phenomena. Shear thinning reduces the wall shear stress. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Applied Mathematics and Computation

    Volume

    210

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    26

    Last Page

    32

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000264065700004

    ISSN

    0096-3003

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