Abstract

The steady stagnation point flow and heat transferof an electrically conducting incompressible viscous fluid isextended to the case where the disk surface is convectivelyheated and radially stretching. The fluid is subjected to anexternal uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the planeof the disk. The governing momentum and energy balanceequations give rise to non-linear boundary value problem.Using a spectral relaxation method with a Chebyshev spectralcollocation method, the numerical solutions are obtained overthe entire range of the physical parameters. Emphasis hasbeen laid to study the effects of viscous dissipation and Jouleheating on the thermal boundary layer. Pertinent results on theeffects of various thermophysical parameters on the velocityand temperature fields as well as local skin friction and localNusselt number are discussed in detail and shown graphicallyand/or in tabular form.

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