RADIATION AND MASS TRANSFER EFFECTS ON MHD FREE CONVECTION FLOW OVER AN INCLINED PLATE

Abstract

The present investigation is exact analyses of combined effects of chemical reaction and radiation on the MHD free convection flow of an electrically conducting incompressible viscous fluid over an inclined plate embedded in a porous medium. The impulsively started plate with variable temperature and mass diffusion is considered. The dimensionless momentum equation coupled with the energy and mass diffusion equations are analytically solved by using the perturbation technique. The effects of pertinent parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are graphically demonstrated whereas the differences in skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are presented in tables.