International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Mhd flow and heat transfer of a Non-Newtonian law fluid past a stretching sheet with heat generation/absorption

  • Author:
  • B. Shashidar Reddy
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 78 to 89

Department of Sciences and Humanities, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India

Online published on 25 April, 2019.

Abstract

The present study is to investigate the effects of heat source/sink on convection heat transfer of an electrically conducting, non-Newtonian power-law stretched sheet with surface heat flux. The effects of suction/injection at the surface are considered. The governing equations are transformed into non linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation. The set of non linear ordinary differential equations are first linearized by using Quasi-linearization technique and then solved numerically by using implicit finite difference scheme. The solution is found to be dependent on various governing parameters. Velocity and Temperature profiles drawn for different controlling parameters reveal the tendency of the solution.

Keywords

Non-Newtonian power-law fluid, suction/injection, Surface heat flux and Heat Source/sink parameter