Effects of Thermophoresis on Unsteady MHD Free Convective Heat and Mass Transfer along an Inclined Porous Plate with Heat Generation in Presence of Magnetic Field

Md Alamgir Kabir, Md Abdullah Al Mahbub

Department of Mathematics, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Department of Natural Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2012.24012                

Abstract

An analysis of Thermophoresis effect on unsteady magneto-hydrodynamic free convection flow over an inclined porous plate with time dependent suction in presence of magnetic field with heat generation has been considered by employing Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique along with sixth order Runge-Kutta integration scheme. Resulting non-dimensional velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are then presented graphically for different values of the parameters entering into the problem. Finally, the effects of the pertinent parameters on the skin-friction coefficient, the rate of heat transfer (Nusselt number) and wall deposition flux (Stanton number), which are of physical interest, are exhibited in tabular form.

Keywords

Heat Generation; Magnetic Field; Nusselt Number; Stanton Number; Thermophoresis

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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