MHD mixed convection flow adjacent to a vertical plate with prescribed surface temperature

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 4506-4510

  Ishak, Anuar ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^a   Bachok, Norfifah ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dual solutions; Heat transfer; Magnetohydrodynamic

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING SURFACES; DUAL SOLUTIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; GOVERNING SYSTEM; INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLUIDS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPPOSING FLOW; PRESCRIBED SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL PLATE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 77955515126     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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