Hydromagnetic flow and heat transfer adjacent to a stretching vertical sheet with prescribed surface heat flux

• Main Authors: Aman, Fazlina, Ishak, Anuar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7874/1/J6946_588d65eb9a6b171e1f566dd57c2d6650.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7874/

The similarity solution for the problem of mixed convection boundary layer flow adjacent to a stretching vertical sheet in an incompressible electrically conducting fluid in the presence of a transverse magnetic field is presented. It is assumed that the sheet is stretched with a power-law velocity and is subjected to a variable surface heat flux. The governing partial differential equa�tions are first transformed into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations, before being solved numerically by the Keller-box method. The numerical results obtained are then compared with previously repor�ted cases available in the literature as well as the series solution for certain values of parameters, to support their validity. The effects of the governing parameters on the flow field and heat transfer characteristics are obtained and discussed.