MHD Two-Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer between Two Inclined Parallel Plates in a Rotating System
Author(s) -
P.S.R. Murty,
G. Balaji Prakash
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international scholarly research notices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2356-7872
DOI - 10.1155/2014/256898
Subject(s) - laminar flow , magnetohydrodynamic drive , rotation (mathematics) , mechanics , magnetohydrodynamics , materials science , heat transfer , physics , thermodynamics , constant (computer programming) , hartmann number , compressibility , constant angular velocity , magnetic field , angular velocity , classical mechanics , geometry , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , programming language
Two-phase magnetohydrodynamic convective flow of electrically conducting fluid through an inclined channel is studied under the action of a constant transverse magnetic field in a rotating system. The fluids in the two phases are steady, incompressible, laminar, immiscible, and electrically conducting, having different densities, viscosities, and thermal and electrical conductivities. The transport properties of both the fluids are assumed constant. The bounding infinite inclined parallel plates are maintained at different constant temperatures, making an angle ϕ with the horizontal. Approximate solutions for velocity and temperature distributions are obtained by using a straightforward regular perturbation technique. An in-depth study has been done on the effects of rotation parameter, Hartmann number, inclination angle, the ratio of electrical conductivities, and viscosities of two fluids on the flow. It is observed that the effect of increasing rotation is to decrease the primary velocity. Further it is noticed that as the rotation increases, the secondary velocity increases for smaller rotation, while for larger rotation it decreases. It is also found that the temperature distribution decreases as the rotation increases.
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