TY  - EJOU
AU  - Umamaheswar, M. 
AU  - Raju, M. C. 
AU  - Varma, S. V. K. 

TI  - ANALYSIS OF MHD TRANSIENT FREE CONVECTION FLOW OF A  NEWTONIAN FLUID PAST AN INFINITE VERTICAL POROUS PLATE
T2  - Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

PY  - 2015
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 2151-8629

AB  - An investigation is carried out to analyze the unsteady MHD free convection, heat and mass transfer flow of a Newtonian fluid past an infinite 
vertical porous plate with homogeneous chemical reaction and heat absorption/generation. A uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the 
plate. The non-dimensional governing equations are solved numerically by using finite difference method. The effects of various parameters 
governing the flow on velocity, temperature, concentration, skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are studied through graphs. It is 
noticed that velocity decreases with an increase in Magnetic field while it increases with an increase in Grashof number, modified Grashof number& 
Permeability parameter. Temperature increases with an increase in heat absorption and it shows reverse effect in the case of heat generation and 
Prandtl number. Concentration decreases with increase in Schmidt number and chemical reaction parameter.
KW  - <i>MHD
KW  -  Free convection
KW  -  Porous medium
KW  -  Vertical plate
KW  -  Newtonian fluid
KW  -  Finite difference Method and Chemical reaction.</i>

DO  - 10.5098/hmt.6.18