TITLE:
Magnetohydrodynamic Casson Fluid Flow over an Infinite Vertical Plate with Chemical Reaction and Heat Generation
AUTHORS:
E. Omokhuale, M. L. Jabaka
KEYWORDS:
Heat Generation, Casson Fluid, Chemical Reaction, MHD and EFDM
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Computational Mathematics,
Vol.9 No.3,
September
27,
2019
ABSTRACT:
In this paper, the fluid examined was electrically conducting. The presence of
a uniform transverse magnetic field at the plate was also taken into cognizance.
The flow was governed by a modeled coupled nonlinear system of partial
differential equations (PDEs) in dimensional form which was transformed
into non-dimensional form using some non-dimensional variables.
Explicit finite difference method (EFDM) was employed to approximate the
fluid velocity, temperature and concentration. The effects of embedded
thermo physical parameters of engineering interests on the flow quantities
viz. velocity, temperature, concentration field presented through graphs were
also examined through a series of numerical experiments and discussed.
During the course of the numerical computations, it was found that heat
generation has a tendency to enhance the fluid velocity as an opposite result
is seen with chemical reaction parameter. A comparison was conducted of
present results with the previous literature to show the accuracy of the results.