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Unsteady hydromagnetic channel flow of dusty fluid with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity

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In the present paper the unsteady flow and heat transfer of a dusty conducting fluid between two parallel plates with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity are studied. A constant pressure gradient and an external uniform magnetic field is applied. The governing coupled momentum and energy equations are solved numerically using finite differences. The effect of the variable viscosity and thermal conductivity of the fluid and the uniform magnetic field on the velocity and temperature fields for both the fluid and dust particles is discussed.

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Attia, H.A. Unsteady hydromagnetic channel flow of dusty fluid with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity. Heat Mass Transfer 42, 779–787 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-005-0044-z

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