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P. R. Shrama This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1 and Gurminder Singh2

1Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302055, India
2Birla Institute of Technology (Mesra, Ranchi) Ext. Centre Jaipur, 27, Malviya Industrial Area, Jaipur - 302017, India


 

Received: December 16, 2008
Accepted: September 12, 2009
Publication Date: September 1, 2010

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2010.13.3.02  


ABSTRACT


Aim of the paper is to investigate the effect of temperature dependent electrical conductivity on steady natural convection flow of a viscous incompressible low Prandtl (Pr <<1) electrically conducting fluid along an isothermal vertical non-conducting plate in the presence of transverse magnetic field and exponentially decaying heat generation. The governing equations of continuity, momentum and energy are transformed into ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation. The resulting coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations are solved using Runge-Kutta fourth order method alongwith shooting technique. The velocity and temperature distributions are discussed numerically and presented through graphs. The numerical values of skin-friction coefficient and Nusselt number at the plate are derived, discussed numerically for various values of physical parameters and presented through Tables.


Keywords: Steady, MHD, Free Convection, Boundary Layer Flow, Variable Electrical Conductivity, Internal Heat Generation, Skin-Friction Coefficient, Nusselt Number


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