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MHD stagnation-point flow of a micropolar fluid with prescribed wall heat flux.


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Bachok @ Lati, Norfifah and Ishak, Anuar (2009) MHD stagnation-point flow of a micropolar fluid with prescribed wall heat flux. European Journal of Scientific Research, 35 (3). pp. 436-443. ISSN 1450-216X

Abstract

The steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convection stagnation point flow towards a vertical surface immersed in an incompressible micropolar fluid with prescribed wall heat flux is investigated. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations, which is then solved numerically by a finite-difference method. Numerical results are obtained for the skin-friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number as well as the velocity and temperature profiles for some values of the governing parameters, namely, the mixed convection parameter, material parameter, and Prandtl number. Dual solutions are found to exist for the opposing flow.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Publisher: European Journals, Inc.
Keywords: Boundary layer; Magnetohydrodynamics; Heat flux.
Depositing User: Najwani Amir Sariffudin
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2013 06:48
Last Modified: 02 Sep 2015 07:40
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15625
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