A numerical study of MHD generalized Couette flow and heat transfer with variable viscosity and electrical conductivity

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 323, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2757-2763

  Makinde, O D ^a   Onyejekwe, O O ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Couette flow; Heat transfer; Magnetic field; Variable electrical conductivity; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

AXIAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; COMBINED ACTIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; COUETTE FLOWS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUIDS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FLUID VELOCITIES; GRAPHICAL FORMS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; ITERATION TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARALLEL PLATES; RUNGE-KUTTA INTEGRATION ALGORITHMS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD; UPPER PLATE; VARIABLE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; VARIABLE PROPERTY; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; VISCOSITY;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 79960437926     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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