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Mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid with radiation and chemical reaction
Author(s) -
Hayat T.,
Shehzad S. A.,
Qasim M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.2424
Subject(s) - nusselt number , sherwood number , homotopy analysis method , combined forced and natural convection , mechanics , magnetohydrodynamic drive , mathematics , flow (mathematics) , mass transfer , thermodynamics , laminar flow , magnetohydrodynamics , heat transfer , physics , natural convection , homotopy , turbulence , reynolds number , magnetic field , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Effects of heat and mass transfer on the mixed convection flow of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) micropolar fluid bounded by a stretching surface have been investigated. Homotopy analysis procedure is adopted for computations of a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Numerical values of skin friction coefficient and Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are worked out. A comparative study is provided with the limiting available numerical solution. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.