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International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials Volume 17, Number 4, August 2010, Page 397 DOI: 10.1007/s12613-010-0332-6 Magnetohydrodynamic flow over a moving plate in a parallel stream with an induced magnetic field Khamisah Jafar 1), Roslinda Nazar2), Anuar Ishak2), and Ioan Pop3) 1) Faculty of Engineering and Build Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia 2) School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia 3) Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cluj, R-3400, Cluj CP 253, Romania (Received: 5 August 2009; revised: 22 August 2009; accepted: 30 August 2009) Abstract: A viscous boundary layer flow of an electrically-conducting fluid over a moving flat plate in a parallel stream with a constant magnetic field applied outside the boundary layer parallel to the plate was investigated. The governing system of partial differential equations was transformed to ordinary differential equations using a similarity transformation. The similarity equations were then solved numerically using a finite-difference scheme known as the Keller-box method. Numerical results of the skin friction coefficient, velocity profiles, and the induced magnetic field profiles were obtained for some values of the moving parameter, magnetic parameter, and reciprocal magnetic Prandtl number. The results indicate that dual solutions exist when the plate and the fluid move in the opposite directions up to a critical value of the moving parameter, whose value depends on the value of the magnetic parameter. Keywords: boundary layer; induced magnetic field; magnetohydrodynamic flow; moving plate attention, and various studies have been generated on this 1. Introduction problem [2-6]. Some researcher