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The two-dimensional unsteady flow of a conducting viscous incompressible fluid past, an infinite flat plate with uniform suction, is considered in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. For a constant time, it is shown that for a given Hartmann numbera, as the cross Reynolds number β (corresponding to the suction velocity of the plate) increases, the velocity at any point of the fluid decreases and the skin friction at the plate increases. The results also hold good for a given β, asa increases if the magnetic lines of force are fixed relative to the fluid and are just opposite for the magnetic lines of force fixed relative to the plate.
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Communicated by Prof. T. Venkatarayudu,f.a.sc.
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Vidyanidhi, V., Rao, V.V.R. Hydromagnetic flow near an accelerated plate with suction. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 71, 298–306 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049577
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049577