Effects of Conduction and Convection on Magneto Hydrodynamic Flow Along a Vertical Flat Plate with Viscous Dissipation and Heat Generation

Abstract

Combined effects of conduction and convection on magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow with viscous dissipation and heat generation along a vertical flat plate have been described in the present work. The governing boundary layer equations with associated boundary conditions for this phenomenon are converted to non-dimensional form using a suitable transformation. The resulting non-linear partial differential equations are then solved using the implicit finite difference method with Keller–box scheme. The numerical results in terms of the skin friction coefficient, the surface temperature, the velocity and the temperature profiles over the whole boundary layer are shown graphically for different values of the Prandtl number Pr, the magnetic parameter M, viscous dissipation parameter N and the heat generation parameter Q.