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MHD flow and heat transfer from continuous surface in uniform free stream of non-Newtonian fluid

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An analysis is carried out to study the steady flow and heat transfer characteristics from a continuous flat surface moving in a parallel free stream of an electrically conducting non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid. The flow is subjected to a transverse uniform magnetic field. The constitutive equation of the fluid is modeled by that for a second grade fluid. Numerical results are obtained for the distribution of velocity and temperature profiles. The effects of various physical parameters like viscoelastic parameter, magnetic parameter and Prandtl number on various momentum and heat transfer characteristics are discussed in detail and shown graphically.

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Sahoo, B., Sharma, H.G. MHD flow and heat transfer from continuous surface in uniform free stream of non-Newtonian fluid. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 28, 1467–1477 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-007-1106-z

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