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MHD and rotation effects on flow past an accelerated vertical plate with variable temperature and mass diffusion in the presence of chemical reaction
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Department of Applied Mathematics Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Sriperumbudur 602 105, INDIA
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Department of Mathematics, Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of Engineering Chennai 603 103, INDIA
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Department of Mathematics, S.T. Hindu College Nagercoil, INDIA
Online publication date: 2014-03-07
Publication date: 2013-12-01
International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2013;18(4):1087-1097
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An exact analysis of rotation effects on an unsteady flow of an incompressible and electrically conducting fluid past a uniformly accelerated infinite isothermal vertical plate, under the action of a transversely applied magnetic field is presented. The plate temperature is raised linearly with time and the concentration level near the plate is also raised to C’w. The dimensionless governing equations are solved using the Laplace-transform technique. The velocity profiles, temperature and concentration are studied for different physical parameters such as the magnetic field parameter, chemical reaction parameter, thermal Grashof number, mass Grashof number, Schmidt number, Prandtl number and time. It is observed that the velocity increases with increasing values of the thermal Grashof number or mass Grashof number. It is also observed that the velocity increases with decreasing values of the magnetic field parameter or rotation parameter Ω.
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