Author(s)

O. K. Onanuga^1*, M. A. C. Chendo², N. E. Erusiafe²

¹Department of Physics, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
²Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The focus of the study is to examine thermal radiation and viscous dissipative heat transfers of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) stagnation point flow past a permeable confined stretching cylinder with non-uniform heat source or sink. The formulated equation governing the flow is non-dimensional. The dimensionless momentum and energy equation are solved using shooting technique coupled with fourth-order Runge-kutta integrated scheme which satisfied smoothness conditions at the edge of the boundary layer. The result for the velocity and temperature distributions are presented graphically and discussed to portray the effects of some important embodiment parameters on the flow. The Nusselt number and skin friction were obtained and compared with the previous scholars’ results in others to validate the present research work.

Dissipation, Stagnation Flow, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Thermal Radiation, Heat Source/Sink

Onanuga, O. , Chendo, M. and Erusiafe, N. (2018) Thermal Radiation of Hydromagnetic Stagnation Gravity-Driven Flow through a Porous Confined Cylinder with Non-Uniform Heat Source. Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, 8, 361-377. doi: 10.4236/ojfd.2018.84023.