FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OF MICRO POLAR AND VISCOUS FLUID IN A VERTICAL CHANNEL

Abstract

The flow nature of mixture of Newtonian and non-Newtonian (micro polar) fluid between vertical parallel plates is analyzed. Closed form solutions are obtained for the governing equations. The effect of governing parameters such as the ratio of Grashof number to Reynolds number, viscosity ratio, width ratio, pressure and material parameter on velocity and micro rotation velocity are depicted graphically. The effect of material parameter is to reduce to velocity and micro rotation velocity.