Title

Diffusion of chemically reactive species in Casson fluid flow over an unsteady permeable stretching surface

Authors

Authors

S. Mukhopadhyay;K. Vajravelu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Hydrodyn.

Keywords

chemical reaction; Casson fluid; mass transfer; unsteady stretching; suction/injection; HEAT-TRANSFER; MASS-TRANSFER; POROUS-MEDIUM; SHEET; 2ND-GRADE; FILM; Mechanics

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the two-dimensional flow of a non-Newtonian fluid over an unsteady stretching permeable surface. The Casson fluid model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. First-order constructive/destructive chemical reaction is considered. With the help of a shooting method, numerical solutions for a class of nonlinear coupled differential equations subject to appropriate boundary conditions are obtained. For the steady flow, the exact solution is obtained. The flow features and the mass transfer characteristics for different values of the governing parameters are analyzed and discussed in detail.

Journal Title

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volume

25

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

591

Last Page

598

WOS Identifier

WOS:000323996200013

ISSN

1001-6058

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