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Thermal radiation effects on MHD flow of a micropolar fluid over a stretching surface with variable thermal conductivity

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  • Mahmoud, Mostafa A.A.

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In this paper, the effects of variable thermal conductivity and radiation on the flow and heat transfer of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid over a continuously stretching surface with varying temperature in the presence of a magnetic field are considered. The surface temperature is assumed to vary as a power-law temperature. The governing conservation equations of mass, momentum, angular momentum and energy are converted into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformation. The resulting system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations is solved numerically. The numerical results show that the thermal boundary thickness increases as the thermal conductivity parameter S increases, while it decreases as the radiation parameter F increases. Also, it was found that the Nusselt number increases as F increases and decreases as S increases.

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  • Mahmoud, Mostafa A.A., 2007. "Thermal radiation effects on MHD flow of a micropolar fluid over a stretching surface with variable thermal conductivity," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 375(2), pages 401-410.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:375:y:2007:i:2:p:401-410
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.09.010
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    1. Pantokratoras, Asterios, 2008. "Comment on “Thermal radiation effects on MHD flow of a micropolar fluid over a stretching surface with variable thermal conductivity”, by Mostafa A.A. Mahmoud [Physica A 375 (2007) 401–410]," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 387(11), pages 2416-2418.
    2. Ishak, Anuar & Jafar, Khamisah & Nazar, Roslinda & Pop, Ioan, 2009. "MHD stagnation point flow towards a stretching sheet," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(17), pages 3377-3383.

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