MHD flow of a micropolar fluid towards a vertical permeable plate with prescribed surface heat flux

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2291-2297

  Yacob, Nor Azizah ^a   Ishak, Anuar ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dual solutions; Magnetohydrodynamic; Micropolar fluid; Suction injection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY PARAMETERS; DUAL SOLUTIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; KELLER-BOX METHOD; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MHD FLOW; MICROPOLAR FLUID; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; OPPOSING FLOW; RUNGE-KUTTA FEHLBERG METHOD; SHOOTING TECHNIQUE; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; SUCTION/INJECTION; SUCTION/INJECTION PARAMETER; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VERTICAL PLATE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 80053466681     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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