Numerical Investigation of Unsteady MHD Free Convective Flow Past an Oscillating Vertical Porous Plate with Oscillatory Heat Flux

Authors

  • Caroline Chebos Author
  • Johana K. Sigey Author
  • Jeconiah A. Okelo Author
  • James M. Okwoyo Author
  • Kang’ethe Giterere Author

Keywords:

Crank Nicolson Numerical Scheme; Darcy Number; Finite Difference Method; Magnetic Parameter; Prandtl Number; Radiation Parameter; Suction Parameter; The Partial Differential Equations.

Abstract

The unsteady MHD convective flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid past an oscillating vertical porous plate in a porous medium with an oscillatory heat flux in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field is studied. The governing equations describing the flow along with the boundary conditions are solved by Finite Difference Method using the MATLAB computer generated program. A numerical investigation are performed to estimate the effects of varying Darcy number, radiation, magnetic, and suction parameters on fluid velocity and temperature on MHD free convective flow. The effects of changing these values on Temperature distribution and velocity flow are shown in the graphical and tabular forms. We have presented the non-dimensional velocity u and temperature

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2016-02-29

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