MHD non-Newtonian micropolar fluid flow and heat transfer in channel with stretching walls.pdfVIP

Appl. Math. Mech. -Engl. Ed., 34(10), 1263–1276 (2013) Applied Mathematics DOI 10.1007/s10483-013-1743-6 and Mechanics c Shanghai University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 (English Edition) MHD non-Newtonian micropolar fluid flow and heat transfer in channel with stretching walls∗ M. ASHRAF, N. JAMEEL, K. ALI (Centre for Advanced Studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan) Abstract A study is presented for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flow and heat trans- fer characteristics of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting micropolar fluid in a channel with stretching walls. The micropolar model introduced by Eringen is used to describe the working fluid. The transformed self similar ordinary differential equations together with the associated boundary conditions are solved numerically by an algorithm based on quasi-linearization and multilevel discretization. The effects of some physical parameters on the flow and heat transfer are discussed and presented through tables and graphs. The present investigations may be beneficial in the flow and thermal control of polymeric processing. Key words magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), heat transfer, stretching wall, couple stress, quasi-linearization Chinese Library Classification O361.3 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification 76A05, 76M20, 76W05, 80A20 Nomenclature v , fluid velocity; j,