IJPAM: Volume 104, No. 3 (2015)

FREE CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OVER
A STRETCHING FLAT PLATE WITH VARIABLE
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND RADIATION

M.Y. Malik$^1$, S. Bilal$^2$, Farzana Khan$^3$
$^{1,2,3}$Department of Mathematics
Quaid-E-Azam University
45320, Islamabad, 44000, PAKISTAN


Abstract. An analytical approach for the study of effect of thermal radiation on steady boundary layer flow with variable thermal conductivity due stretching sheet has been developed. To describe radiative heat flux, Rosseland diffusion approximation energy equation is used. The governing equation reduced to similarity boundary equation using suitable transformation and then solved by using homotopy analysis method. The velocity profiles and temperature profiles are compared numerically by using Fehlburg method.

Received: September 23, 2013

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Key Words and Phrases: free convection, stretching plate, radiation, variable thermal conductivity, skin-friction coefficient, and Nusselt number

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DOI: 10.12732/ijpam.v104i3.1 How to cite this paper?

Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2015
Volume: 104
Issue: 3
Pages: 285 - 298


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