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Free convection effects on oscillatory hydromagnetic boundary layer flow

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Unsteady flow of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting fluid past an infinite porous plate has been analysed under the following assumptions: (i) suction velocity oscillates in time about a constant mean, (ii) the free-stream velocity oscillates in time about a constant mean, (iii) the plate temperature is constant, (iv) the difference between the temperature of the plate and the free-stream is moderately large causing the free-convection currents, (v) a uniform transverse magnetic field is applied, (vi) the magnetic Reynolds number is very small and hence the induced magnetic field is neglected. Approximate solutions to the coupled non-linear equations governing the flow are derived for the transient velocity, the transient temperature, the amplitude and the phase of the skin-friction and the rate of heat transfer. During the course of analysis the effects of ±G (Grashof number),P (Prandtl number),M (magnetic field parameter),A (suction parameter) and ω (frequency) are discussed.

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

    V. M. Soundalgekar

  2. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cluj, Romania

    I. Pop

  3. Govt. Engineering College, Amraoti, (Maharashtra), India

    S. P. Akolkar

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Soundalgekar, V.M., Pop, I. & Akolkar, S.P. Free convection effects on oscillatory hydromagnetic boundary layer flow. Astrophys Space Sci 56, 323–333 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01879563

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