Numerical investigation on heat and mass transfer effect of micropolar fluid over a stretching sheet through porous media

Abstract

The present paper deals with the study of unsteady heat and mass transfer characteristics of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting micropolar fluid. The flow past over a stretching sheet through a porous medium in the presence of viscous dissipation. A uniform magnetic field is applied transversely to the direction of the flow. Similarity transformations are used to convert the governing time dependent non-linear boundary layer equations into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations that are solved numerically by Runge–Kutta fourth order method with a shooting technique. The influence of unsteady parameter (A), Eckert number (Ec), porous parameter (Kp), Prandtl number (Pr), Schmidt number (Sc) on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are shown graphically. The buoyancy force retards the fluid near the velocity boundary layer in case of opposing flow and is favorable for assisting flow. In case of assisting flow, the absence of porous matrix enhances the flow. The impact of physical parameters on skin friction co-efficient, wall couple stress and the local Nusselt number and Sherwood number are shown in tabular form.