Abstract
This paper is concerned with analytical solution of one-dimensional unsteady laminar boundary layer MHD flow of a viscous incompressible fluid past an exponentially accelerated infinite vertical plate in presence of transverse magnetic field. The vertical plate and the medium of flow are considered to be porous. The fluid is assumed to be optically thin and the magnetic Reynolds number is considered small enough to neglect the induced hydromagnetic effects. The governing boundary layer equations are first converted to dimensionless form and then solved by Laplace transform technique. Numerical values of transient velocity, temperature, skin friction, and Nusselt number are illustrated and are presented in graphs for various sets of physical parametric values, namely, Grashof number, accelerating parameter, suction parameter, permeability parameter, radiation parameter, magnetic parameter, and time. It is found that the velocity decreases with increases of the suction parameter for both cases of cooling and heating of the porous plate whereas skin friction increases with increase of suction parameter.
Highlights
The study of unsteady natural convective flow of viscous incompressible fluid past vertical bodies has wide engineering and technological applications
Free convection effects on flow past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate was studied by Singh and Kumar [2]
Rajesh et al [6] presented the analytic investigation of radiation and mass transfer effects on MHD free convection flow past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate in the presence of variable mass diffusion
Summary
The study of unsteady natural convective flow of viscous incompressible fluid past vertical bodies has wide engineering and technological applications. Rajesh et al [6] presented the analytic investigation of radiation and mass transfer effects on MHD free convection flow past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate in the presence of variable mass diffusion. Rajesh and Chamkha [7] presented numerical solution to study the unsteady convective flow past an exponentially accelerated infinite vertical porous plate with Newtonian heating and viscous dissipation by Galerkin finite element method. They have found that the skin friction coefficient increases with increases in either of the Eckert number. Srinivasa et al [8] presented
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