Title

MHD flow and mass transfer of chemically reactive upper convected Maxwell fluid past porous surface

Authors

Authors

K. Vajravelu; K. V. Prasad; A. Sujatha;C. O. Ng

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed.

Keywords

chemically reactive species; upper convected Maxwell (UCM) fluid; magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow; mass transfer; Keller-box method; STRETCHING SHEET; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; HEAT-TRANSFER; DIFFUSION; PLATE; RADIATION; Mathematics, Applied; Mechanics

Abstract

The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and mass transfer of an electrically conducting upper convected Maxwell (UCM) fluid at a porous surface are studied in the presence of a chemically reactive species. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations along with the appropriate boundary conditions are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations and numerically solved by the Keller-box method. The effects of various physical parameters on the flow and mass transfer characteristics are graphically presented and discussed. It is observed that the order of the chemical reaction is to increase the thickness of the diffusion boundary layer. Also, the mass transfer rate strongly depends on the Schmidt number and the reaction rate parameter. Furthermore, available results in the literature are obtained as a special case.

Journal Title

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition

Volume

33

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

899

Last Page

910

WOS Identifier

WOS:000306175700005

ISSN

0253-4827

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