Effects of thermal buoyancy and variable thermal conductivity on the MHD flow and heat transfer in a power-law fluid past a vertical stretching sheet in the presence of a non-uniform heat source

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Abel, M Subhas ^a   Siddheshwar, P G ^b   Mahesha, N ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Grashof number; Non uniform heat source; Power law fluid; Prandtl number; Stretching sheet; Variable thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUOYANCY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FRICTION; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PAPER SHEETING; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BOUNDARY HEATING; BOUNDARY VALUES; BUOYANCY EFFECTS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; LINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MHD FLOWS; NON UNIFORMS; NON-UNIFORM HEAT SOURCE; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; POWER-LAW FLUID; SHOOTING METHODS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATIONS; STRETCHING SHEET; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VERTICAL STRETCHING SHEETS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 56949096354     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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