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The flow of a steady, incompressible, micropolar fluid between parallel plates is studied in the presence of cross-diffusion effects. The governing non-linear systems of differential equations are solved by the homotopy analysis method. The non-dimensional velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are displayed graphically for different values of Dufour number, Soret number and coupling number. In addition, the skin-friction coefficient, heat and mass transfer rates are shown in a tabular form.
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Srinivasacharya, D., Shiferaw, M. Flow of Micropolar Fluid Between Parallel Plates with Soret and Dufour Effects. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 5085–5093 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-014-1016-8
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