Vol. 11 No. 3 (2012): Mapana Journal of Sciences
Research Articles

Heat Transfer in MHD Micropolar Fluid Flow Past a Vertical Plate in Slip-Flow Regime

  • Ramprakash Sharma,
  • Abhay Kumar Jha
Ramprakash Sharma
Professor of Mathematics, JECRC University, Jaipur, Plot No.IS-2036 to 2039, Ramchandrapura, Sitapura Industrial Area Extn, Near Mahatma Gandhi Hospital , Jaipur-303905, India,
Abhay Kumar Jha
Research Scholar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.22.12

Published 2012-08-20

Keywords

  • Micropolar fluid,
  • microrotation,
  • slip-flow,
  • magnetohydrodynamics,
  • heat transfer.

Abstract

We consider unsteady flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium bounded by a semi-infinite vertical plate in slip-flow regime. A uniform magnetic field acts perpendicular to the porous surface which absorbs the micropolar fluids with a suction velocity varying with time. The free stream velocity follows an exponentially increasing or decreasing small perturbation law. Using approximate method the expression for the velocity microrotation, and temperature are obtained.

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