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

    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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