Effect of Variable Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity on MHD Natural Convection Flow along a Vertical Flat Plate

Abstract

Free convection flow around a heated vertical flat plate in the presence of a magnetic field is very important from the technical standpoint, and several researchers have studied this issue. The effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD) free convection flow over an isothermal vertical plate immersed in a fluid with heat conduction will be studied in this study. The two-dimensional, laminar, and unsteady boundary layer equations are considered in this paper. Using relevant variables, simple governing equations are transformed into non-dimensional governing equations. The implicit finite difference scheme, also known as the Crank-Nicolson scheme, is used to solve these equations numerically. This research looks at viscous incompressible fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity. The effect of various parameters on velocity, temperature, local skin friction, and local heat transfer coefficient profiles will be shown in this study, and the results will be compared to those of other researchers. The current numerical results will be compared to the results of previously published works. Figures from the current thesis will be compared to those from previously published works. The outcomes result will be shown in graphs for various values of relevant physical parameters.

The impact of variable fluid properties on natural convection flow past a vertical cone

“…Islam et al [24] considered the natural convection within a prismatic cavity filled with Cu-H2O nanofluid for visualizing heat transport characteristics through the heat line method with two different temperature boundary conditions. Sarkar and Alam [25] explored the role of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on natural convective flow past a vertical plate with magnetic and heat conduction effects. Hasan et al [26] studied the impact of temperature-dependent viscosity on free convective flow past a vertical impervious circular cone with constant heat flux.…”