Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• M. Gnaneswara Reddy

Department of Mathematics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Ongole Campus,Ongole 523 001, India

Abstract

This paper was concerned with studying the magnetohydrodynamic steady laminar free convection flow of a micropolar fluid past a continuously moving surface in the presence of heat generation and thermal radiation. Similarity transformation was employed to transform the governing partial differential equations into ordinary ones, which were then solved numerically using the finite element method. Numerical results for the dimensionless velocity, microrotation and temperature profiles were obtained and displayed graphically for pertinent parameters to show interesting aspects of the solution. The skin friction and the rate of heat transfer were also computed and presented through tables. Favorable comparison with previously published work was performed.

Keywords

• free convection
• MHD
• Radiation
• Heat generation

Main Subjects

• Heat and Mass Transfer