International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Research

The MHD flow and heat transfer of the non-Newtonian power-law fluid flow past a continuously moving flat porous plate in the presence of heat source/sink with heat flux and viscous dissipation is studied. The non-linear partial differential equations governing the flow and heat transfer are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations using appropriate transformations and then solved numerically by an implicit finite difference scheme. The solution is found to be dependent on various governing parameters including magnetic field parameter M, power-law index n, suction/injection parameter f_w, heat source/sink parameter S, Radiation parameter R_d and Eckert number E_c. A systematical study is carried out to illustrate the effects of these major parameters on the fluid velocity and temperature distribution in the boundary layer. The results for the skin friction coefficient, rate of heat transfer and the local Nusslet number are tabulated and discussed.