Vol. 10 No. 1 (2011): Mapana Journal of Sciences
Research Articles

Boundary Layer Flow of Ferrofluid over a Stretching Sheet in the presence of Heat Source/Sink

  • Annamma Abraham,
  • LS. Rani Titus
Annamma Abraham
BMS Institute of Technology, Bangalore
LS. Rani Titus
Jyoti Nivas Degree College (Autonomous), Bangalore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.18.2

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Abstract

The boundary layer flow of ferrofluid over a stretching sheet with heat source is considered. It is assumed that the magnetic field is sufficiently strong enough to saturate the ferrofluid and the variation of magnetization with temperature can be approximated by a linear function of temperature difference. The boundary layer approximation is used and the transformed governing differential equations are solved using the Shooting technique based on Runge - Kutta Fehlberg and Newton Raphson methods. The effects of various parameters on velocity profiles and wall heat transfer are presented graphically. The results have possible industrial applications in liquid based systems involving stretchable materials.

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