Author(s)

Bijjanal J. Gireesha, Govinakovi S. Roopa, Channabasappa S. Bagewadi

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An analysis has been carried out to study the effect of hydrodynamic laminar boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid over an unsteady stretching surface in the presence of non-uniform heat source/sink. Heat transfer characteristics are examined for two different kinds of boundary conditions, namely 1) variable wall temperature and 2) variable heat flux. The governing partial differential equations are transformed to system of ordinary differential equations. These equations are solved numerically by applying RKF-45 method. The effects of various physical parameters such as magnetic parameter, dust interaction parameter, number density, Prandtl number, Eckert number, heat source/sink parameter and unsteadiness parameter on velocity and temperature profiles are studied.

Unsteady Flow, Heat Transfer, Boundary Layer Flow, Stretching Surface, Dusty Fluid, Fluid-Particle Interaction Parameter and Non-Uniform Heat Source/Sink

Gireesha, B. , Roopa, G. and Bagewadi, C. (2011) Boundary Layer Flow of an Unsteady Dusty Fluid and Heat Transfer Over a Stretching Sheet with Non-Uniform Heat Source/Sink. Engineering, 3, 726-735. doi: 10.4236/eng.2011.37087.