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MHD flow and heat transfer over a stretching surface with prescribed wall temperature or heat flux

MHD Strömung und Wärmeübertragung über eine gedehnte Oberfläche mit vorgeschriebener Wandtemperatur oder Wärmestrom

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The flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet with a magnetic field in an electrically conducting ambient fluid have been studied. The effects of the induced magnetic field and sources or sinks have been included in the analysis. Both non-isothermal wall and constant heat flux conditions have been considered. The governing equations have been solved numerically using a shooting method. It is observed that for the prescribed wall temperature the skin friction, induced magnetic field at the wall and heat transfer are enhanced due to the magnetic field, but in general, they reduce as the reciprocal of the magnetic Prandtl number increases. For constant heat flux case, the temperature at the wall reduces as the magnetic field increases, but it increases with the reciprocal of the magnetic Prandtl number. The heat transfer is strongly affected by the Prandtl number, wall temperature and sink. Whenm<−2 andPr>2.5 the unrealistic temperature distributions are encountered. The present analysis is more general than any previous investigation.

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In dieser Studie ist die Strömung und Wärmeübertragung über eine gedehnte Fläche mit magnetischem Feld in einem elektrisch leitenden Fluid untersucht worden. Der Einfluß des induzierten magnetischen Feldes und der Quellen oder Senken sind in die Untersuchung einbezogen. Die beiden Fälle, nicht-isotherme Wand und konstanter Wandwärmestrom, sind betrachtet worden. Mit dem Eliminationsverfahren sind bestehende Gleichungen numerisch gelöst worden. Es ist beobachtet worden, daß für eine vorgeschriebene Wandtemperatur die Oberflächenreibung, das induzierte magnetische Feld und die Wärmeübertragung aufgrund des magnetischen Feldes verbessert sind. Aber im allgemeinen reduzieren sie sich im umgekehrten Maß wie die magnetische Prandtlzahl ansteigt. Für den Fall des konstanten Wärmestromes sinkt die Wandtemperatur, wenn das magnetische Feld stärker wird. Die Temperatur steigt jedoch reziprok zur magnetischen Prandtlzahl an. Die Wärmeübertragung ist sehr stark von der Prandtlzahl, Wandtemperatur und der Senke beeinflußt. Bei Werten vonm<−2 undPr≥2.5 sind unrealistische Temperaturverteilungen eingetreten. Die gezeigte Analyse ist allgemeiner als jede vorhergehende Untersuchung.

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Kumari, M., Takhar, H.S. & Nath, G. MHD flow and heat transfer over a stretching surface with prescribed wall temperature or heat flux. Wäarme- und Stoffübertragung 25, 331–336 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811556

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