WSEAS Transactions on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics
Print ISSN: 1991-8747, E-ISSN: 2224-3429
Volume 9, 2014
Hall Current and Thermal Radiation Effect on MHD Convective Flow of an Elastico-Viscous Fluid in a Rotating Porous Channel
Authors: ,
Abstract: A theoretical analysis is carried out to study the heat and mass transfer effects on elastico-viscous fluid flow in a vertical porous channel with rotation and Hall current. The two porous plates are subjected respectively to constant injection and suction velocity. A magnetic field of uniform strength is applied in the direction perpendicular to the plates. The induced magnetic field is neglected due to the assumption of small magnetic Reynolds number. The elastico-viscous fluid flow is characterized by Walters liquid (Model B/).The analytical solutions to the coupled non-linear equations governing the motion are obtained by regular perturbation technique. The effects of rotation, buoyancy force, magnetic field, thermal radiation and heat generation parameters on resultant velocity and temperature fields are analyzed and illustrated graphically in possible cases. The importance of the problem can be seen in cooling of electronic components of a nuclear reactor, bed thermal storage and heat sink in the turbine blades.
Search Articles
Pages: 196-205
WSEAS Transactions on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1991-8747 / 2224-3429, Volume 9, 2014, Art. #17