Effects of varying viscosity and thermal conductivity on steady MHD free convective flow and heat transfer along an isothermal plate with internal heat generation

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-92

  Sharma, P R ^a   Singh, Gurminder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Convection; Friction; Heat; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONDUCTING FLUIDS; CONDUCTING PLATES; CONVECTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FLUID VELOCITIES; FOURTH ORDERS; FREE CONVECTIONS; FREE CONVECTIVE FLOWS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF MOTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLUIDS; INTERNAL HEAT GENERATIONS; INTERNAL HEATS; ISOTHERMAL PLATES; LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; SHOOTING METHODS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELDS; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 58349086606     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530910922170     Document Type: Article

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