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Influence of undulating wall heat and mass flux on MHD natural convection boundary layer flow from a vertical wall
Author(s) -
Bala Nandita R.,
Bala Shujit K.,
Saha Litan K.,
Hossain Md. Anwar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
heat transfer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-4542
pISSN - 2688-4534
DOI - 10.1002/htj.21907
Subject(s) - mechanics , amplitude , shear stress , mass flux , prandtl number , boundary layer , heat flux , physics , convection , magnetohydrodynamics , materials science , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , heat transfer , magnetic field , optics , quantum mechanics
Current study expounds an unsteady magnetohydrodynamic natural convective flow along a vertical wall in presence of variable transverse magnetic field. Small amplitude undulation in wall heat flux and wall mass flux are imposed at the vertical wall to generate the boundary layer flow. The flow governing equations are divided into sets of steady and unsteady equations and then transformed into the similarity and nonsimilarity equations, respectively, by introducing stream function formulations. The sets of nonsimilarity equations are solved numerically by using three different techniques, namely, perturbation solution technique, asymptotic solution technique and implicit finite difference technique applied, respectively, for lower, higher, and all frequencies ( ξ ). Results are illustrated in connection with the amplitude and phase angles of shear stress, wall temperature, and concentration against the frequency ( ξ ) for wide ranges of physically significant parameters. Likening of the results obtained by above mentioned numerical methods are presented in every figure and table. Results reveal that the amplitude of undulating shear stress and wall temperature dwindle and the amplitude of wall concentration increases due to increment in Prandtl number ( Pr ). Besides, on incrementing Schmidt number ( Sc ) the amplitude of undulating shear stress and wall concentration dwindle and the amplitude of wall temperature increases. Results also reveal that on incrementing magnetic parameter ( M ) the amplitude of transient shear stress dwindles while the amplitude of transient wall temperature and concentration increase.