MHD Flow and Heat Transfer of a Dusty Fluid Over a Stretching Hollow Cylinder with a Convective Boundary Condition

Abstract

In this study, we deal with the problem of a steady two‐dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a dusty fluid over a stretching hollow cylinder. Unlike the commonly employed thermal conditions of constant temperature or constant heat flux, the present study uses a convective heating boundary condition. The multi‐step differential transform method (multi‐step DTM), one of the most effective methods, is employed to find an approximate solution of the system of highly nonlinear differential equations governing the problem. Comparisons are made between the results of the proposed method and the numerical method in solving this problem and excellent agreement has been observed. The influence of important parameters on the flow field and heat transfer characteristics are presented and discussed in detail. The results show that both the thermal boundary layer thickness and the heat transfer rate at the wall increases with increasing Biot number Bi, while it has no effect on the skin friction coefficient. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 43(3): 221–232, 2014; Published online 30 August 2013 in Wiley Online Library (http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/htj). DOI 10.1002/htj.21073

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