Heat and mass transfer in MHD boundary layer flow of a second‐grade fluid past an infinite vertical permeable surface

Abstract

AbstractHeat and mass transfer of non‐Newtonian fluids is increasingly being studied by researchers due to its applications in many branches of science and engineering, such as metallurgical processes, polymer extrusion, glass blowing, crystal growing, and so forth. The present work is mainly concerned with the unsteady laminar magnetohydrodynamic flow of a heat‐generating or absorbing second‐grade fluid past an infinite vertical porous plate. The nondimensional governing equations are solved for the best analytical solution. Results for various flow characteristics are presented through graphs and tables delineating the effect of various parameters characterizing the flow. For engineering interest, the shear stresses, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number are computed and exchanged of views with reference to the important parameters. Our analysis explored that the influences of a chemical reaction and fluid oscillations reduced the concentration distribution in the entire liquid region. The rotation effect decreases the shear stress, whereas it is augmented through an increase in the permeability of porous medium and second‐grade fluid parameters' impact.