Theoretical Investigation of Magnetohydrodynamic Radiative Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow over a Stretched Surface

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the heat and mass transfer in magnetohydrodynamic Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flow over a stretched domain in the presence of thermal radiation, chemical reaction, Soret and Dufour effects. In addition to this, we also considered the aligned magnetic field (i.e. the magnetic field applied at different angles) along the flow direction and dual solutions are executed for the transverse and aligned magnetic field cases. The governing system of equations is transformed as the system of ODEs with the help of suited similarity transforms. The resulting equations are solved numerically with the aid of the shooting process. The graphical and tabular results are explored to discuss the flow, thermal and concentration behavior along with the heat and mass transfer rate.

Keywords: MHD, Aligned Magnetic field, Soret and Dufour effects, Radiation, Chemical reaction.