MIXED CONVECTION FLOW MICROPOLAR FLUID OVER A VERTICAL PLATE SUBJECT TO HALL AND ION-SLIP CURRENTS

Year 2013, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 38 - 52, 01.09.2013

Mekonnen Shiferaw Ayano

Abstract

This paper analyses the mixed convection flow of an incompressible micropolar fluid along a semi-inŞnite vertical plate with uniform heat and mass flux in the presence of transverse magnetic Şeld. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations using local similarity transformations and then solved numerically using the Keller-box method. The non-dimensional velocity components, microrotation, temperature and concentration are presented graphically for various values of magnetic parameter, Hall parameter, Ion-slip parameter, Dufour and Soret numbers. In addition, the Nusselt number, the Sherwood number, the skin-friction coefficient, the wall couple stress are shown in a tabular form

Keywords

Mixed convection , Micropolar fluid , Hall and ion-slip , Soret and Dufour , Heat and mass transfer

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