Unsteady MHD Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow of Radiation Absorbing Kuvshinski Fluid through Porous Medium

Authors

  • B Vidya Sagar Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A.P, India
  • M.C Raju Department of Humanities and Sciences, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Rajampet (Autonomous), A.P, India
  • S.V.K Varma Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A.P, India
  • S Venkataramana Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A.P, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.75/2014.1.2/75.2.48.62

Keywords:

MHD, Heat and mass transfer, Radiation, Chemical reaction, Radiation absorption, Porous medium, Viscous dissipation, Kuvshinski fluid

Abstract

An analytical study is carried out for an unsteady MHD two dimensional free convection flow of a viscous, incompressible, radiating, chemically reacting and radiation absorbing Kuvshinski fluid through a porous medium past a semi-infinite vertical plate. The dimensionless equations governing the flow are solved by simple perturbation technique. The expressions for velocity, temperature and concentration are derived. The influence of various material parameters on flow quantities are studied and discussed with the help of graphs. The expressions for Skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are also derived and discussed numerically. Temperature increases with an increase in radiation parameter and radiation absorption parameter where as it decreases with an increase in Prandtl number. Concentration is observed to be decreased when chemical reaction parameter and Schmidt number increase.

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Published

2014-12-15

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Unsteady MHD Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow of Radiation Absorbing Kuvshinski Fluid through Porous Medium. (2014). Review of Advances in Physics Theories and Applications, 1(2), 48-62. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.75/2014.1.2/75.2.48.62