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Open AccessUnsteady magnetohydrodynamic thermal and diffusion boundary layer from a horizontal circular cylinder
Author(s) - 
Aleksandar Boricic, 
M.M. Jovanovic, 
Branko Boricic
Publication year - 2016
Publication title - 
thermal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2334-7163
pISSN - 0354-9836
DOI - 10.2298/tsci16s5367b
Subject(s) - prandtl number , boundary layer , laminar flow , physics , mechanics , magnetic reynolds number , schmidt number , boundary layer thickness , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , reynolds number , heat transfer , turbulence
The unsteady 2-D dynamic, thermal, and diffusion magnetohydrodynamic laminar   boundary layer flow over a horizontal cylinder of incompressible and   electrical conductivity fluid, in mixed convection in the presence of heat   source or sink and chemical reactions. The present magnetic field is   homogenous and perpendicular to the body surface. It is assumed that   induction of outer magnetic field is a function of longitudinal co-ordinate   outer electric field is neglected and magnetic Reynolds number is   significantly lower than one, i. e. considered the problem is in   approximation without induction. Fluid electrical conductivity is constant.   Free stream velocity, temperature, and concentration on the body are   functions of longitudinal co-ordinate. The developed governing boundary layer   equations and associated boundary conditions are made dimensionless using a   suitable similarity transformation and similarity parameters. System of   non-dimensionless equations is solved using the implicit finite difference   three-diagonal and iteration method. Numerical results are obtained and   presented for different Prandtl, Eckart, and Schmidt numbers, and values:   magnetic parameter, temperature, and diffusion parameters, buoyancy   temperature parameters, thermal parameter, and chemical reaction parameter.   Variation of velocity profiles, temperature and diffusion distributions, and   many integral and differential characteristics, boundary layer, are evaluated   numerically for different values of the magnetic field. Transient effects of   velocity, temperature and diffusion are analyzed. A part of obtained results   is given in the form of figures and corresponding conclusions
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