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Hydromagnetic convection flow through a porous medium in axially varying pipe

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The hydromagnetic mixed convection flow through a porous medium in a pipe of varying radius in a uniform axial magnetic field is analyzed. The pipe wall is maintained at a prescribed nonuniform temperature. The governing equations are solved analytically to obtain the velocity, temperature, and induced magnetic field. Their behaviors are evaluated for different variations in the governing parameters.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, S. K. University, Anantapur, 515003, (A.P.), India

    D. V. Krishna, D. R. V. Prasada Rao & A. S. Ramachandra Murthy

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 96–104, July–August, 2006.

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Krishna, D.V., Prasada Rao, D.R.V. & Ramachandra Murthy, A.S. Hydromagnetic convection flow through a porous medium in axially varying pipe. J Eng Phys Thermophys 79, 727–735 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0158-2

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