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Heat transfer to MHD oscillatory dusty fluid flow in a channel filled with a porous medium

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In this paper, we examine the combined effects of thermal radiation, buoyancy force and magnetic field on oscillatory flow of a conducting optically thin dusty fluid through a vertical channel filled with a saturated porous medium. The governing partial differential equations are obtained and solved analytically by variable separable method. Numerical results depicting the effects of various embedded parameters like radiation number, Hartmann number and Grashof number on dusty fluid velocity profiles, temperature profiles, Nusselt number and skin friction coefficient are presented graphically and discussed qualitatively.

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  1. School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, India

    OM PRAKASH

  2. Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X2, Saldanha, 7395, South Africa

    O D MAKINDE

  3. Department of Mathematics, Sachdeva Institute of Technology, Farah Mathura, India

    DEVENDRA KUMAR

  4. Department of Mathematics, Ganjdundwara P.G. College Ganjdundwara, Kashiram Nagar, India

    Y K DWIVEDI

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PRAKASH, O., MAKINDE, O.D., KUMAR, D. et al. Heat transfer to MHD oscillatory dusty fluid flow in a channel filled with a porous medium. Sadhana 40, 1273–1282 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-015-0371-9

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