Magneto-Soret-Dufour thermo-radiative double-diffusive convection heat and mass transfer of a micropolar fluid in a porous medium with Ohmic dissipation and variable thermal conductivity
Dulal Pal, Bhuban Chandra Das, K. Vajravelu
Abstract
This paper deals with developing a numerical boundary layer flow model to analyze convective heat transfer characteristics of a micropolar fluid past a vertical plate in a composite material with viscous-Ohmic dissipations in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. The basic governing equations are solved numerically by using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method. The computed results reveal a reduction in the velocity, temperature, and microrotation profiles by increasing the Prandtl number. Also, the concentration distribution is enhanced by enhancing or decreasing Soret-Dufour parameter, and there seems to be decremented in the skin-friction coefficient values with Schmidt number.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePrandtl numberMechanicsEckert numberPorous mediumRadiative transferHeat transferJoule heatingBoundary layerThermal conductivityConvectionSchmidt numberMass transferThermal radiationMagnetic fieldThermodynamicsPhysicsPorosityComposite materialNusselt numberOpticsTurbulenceQuantum mechanicsReynolds numberNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer MechanismsFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows