Unsteady flow over a stretching surface with a magnetic field in a rotating fluid

Takhar, HS and Nath, G (1998) Unsteady flow over a stretching surface with a magnetic field in a rotating fluid. In: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 49 (06). pp. 989-1001.

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Abstract

The effect of the magnetic field on the unsteady flow over a stretching surface in a rotating fluid has been studied. The unsteadiness in the flow field is due to the time-dependent variation of the velocity of the stretching surface and the angular velocity of the rotating fluid. The Navier-Stokes equations and the energy equation governing the flow and the heat transfer admit a self-similar solution if the velocity of the stretching surface and the angular velocity of the rotating fluid vary inversely as a linear function of time. The resulting system of ordinary differential equations is solved numerically using a shooting method. The rotation parameter causes flow reversal in the component of the velocity parallel to the strerching surface and the magnetic field tends to prevent or delay the flow reversal. The surface shear stresses dong the stretching surface and in the rotating direction increase with the rotation parameter, but the surface heat transfer decreases. On the other hand, the magnetic field increases the surface shear stress along the stretching surface, but reduces the surface shear stress in the rotating direction and the surface heat transfer. The effect of the unsteady parameter is more pronounced on the velocity profiles in the rotating direction and temperature profiles.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Keywords:	MHD;unsteady boundary layers;rotating flows.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2009 07:49
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/19434

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