Effect of Magnetohydrodynamic on Thin Films of Unsteady Micropolar Fluid through a Porous Medium
Gamal M. Abdel-Rahman
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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2011.211160   PDF    HTML     7,077 Downloads   12,473 Views   Citations

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In This paper, we deal with the study of the effect of magnetohydrodynamic on thin films of unsteady micropolar fluid through a porous medium. These Thin films are considered for three different geometries. The governing continuity, momentum and angular momentum equations are converted into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformation. The resulting system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations is solved numerically by using shooting method. A representative set of numerical results in the three thin film flow problems for velocity and micro-rotation profiles are discussed and presented graphically. A comprehensive parametric study is carried out to show the effects of the micropolar fluid parameters, magnetic field parameter, permeability parameter and etc. on the obtained solutions.

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G. Abdel-Rahman, "Effect of Magnetohydrodynamic on Thin Films of Unsteady Micropolar Fluid through a Porous Medium," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 2 No. 11, 2011, pp. 1290-1304. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2011.211160.

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