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INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ON MHD CASSON FLUID FLOW OVER A STRETCHING SHEET WITH VISCOUS DISSIPATION, SORET AND DUFOUR EFFECTS
B. Venkateswarlua, P.V. Satya Narayanab,*
a
Department of Mathematics, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Madanapalle, A.P., India
b Department of Mathematics, SAS, VIT University, Vellore – 632014, T.N., India
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2016, 7, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.7.16
Abstract
This paper studies the Soret and Dufour effects on MHD flow of a Casson fluid past a stretching sheet in the presence of chemical reaction, viscous
dissipation and variable thermal conductivity. The fluid is taken to be electrically conducting and the flow is induced by a stretching surface. The
governing partial differential equations are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The resulting
equations are then solved numerically by shooting method. The impact of various stimulating parameters on the flow, heat and mass transfer
characteristics are analyzed and discussed in detail through graphs. It is observed that the thermal conductivity parameter has a lot of control on heat
and mass transfer rates. A comparison with previously published work is accomplished and the outcomes are found to be in excellent agreement.
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Venkateswarlu, B., Narayana, P. S. (2016). INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ON MHD CASSON FLUID FLOW OVER A STRETCHING SHEET WITH VISCOUS DISSIPATION, SORET AND DUFOUR EFFECTS.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 7(1), 1–9.