MODELING HEAT TRANSFER TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DUSTY FLUID FLOW PAST BETWEEN TWO RIGA PLATES EMBEDED IN A POROUS MEDIUM

Abstract

This paper presents an unsteady laminar heat transmittable dusty fluid flow past between two parallel stationary Riga plates. The coupled non-linear partial differential equations governing dusty fluid flow past between two parallel Riga plates embedded in a porous medium were nondimensionalized with the aid of some dimensionless variables and solved analytically using harmonic solution technique. The effects of the various physical parameters on the velocity and temperature of both the fluid and dusty flow were shown graphically and discussed. It is observed that Modified Hartman number increases the velocity of fluid and dusty particles, whereas Grashof number and dimensionless stress coefficient per unit volume decreases the velocity of fluid.