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MHD Flow in Finned Conducting Ducts
Author(s) -
Ariel P. D.,
Aggarwala B. D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/zamm.19800601205
Subject(s) - hartmann number , magnetohydrodynamic drive , pressure drop , mechanics , magnetohydrodynamics , duct (anatomy) , fin , perpendicular , magnetic field , reynolds number , fredholm integral equation , materials science , physics , integral equation , mathematics , geometry , mathematical analysis , composite material , anatomy , quantum mechanics , medicine , turbulence
In the present paper investigation is made of magnetohydrodynamic flow of electrically conducting fluid through conducting rectangular ducts with internal fins from the walls which are perpendicular to the magnetic field. An analytical treatment is given to the solution which reduces to the solution of a Fredholm integral equation of second kind. Numerical results are provided for pressure drop parameter for varying fin‐length and Hartmann number and for different aspect ratios of the duct. It is found that the pressure drop parameter increases with an increase in either the fin‐length or the Hartmann number.