IJPAM: Volume 103, No. 4 (2015)

FREE FLOW OF A JEFFREY FLUID BETWEEN
TWO LONG VERTICAL THIN PLATES

A.N.S. Srinivas$^1$, S. Sreenadh$^2$, B. Govindarajulu$^2$, R. Hemadri Reddy$^1$
$^{1,4}$School of Advanced Sciences
VIT University
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 014, INDIA
$^{2,3}$Department of Mathematics
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, 517 502, INIDA


Abstract. Free convection flow of a Jeffrey fluid between two long vertical plates is investigated. The vertical plates are moving with some velocity but in opposite directions. The coupled governing equations, of which one of them is nonlinear, are solved by the linearization technique. It is observed that out of all the physical parameters, the effect of non-Newtonian Jeffrey parameter is the strongest on the velocity and temperature of the fluid. The numerical results obtained reveal many interesting behavior of Grashof number G, Prandtl numbers P, the Eckert number E and the plate velocity V. Furthermore, some deductions are carried out to compare the present results with those previously established.

Received: March 17, 2015

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Key Words and Phrases: free convection, heat transfer, vertical plates, Jeffrey parameter

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DOI: 10.12732/ijpam.v103i4.4 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: 103
Issue: 4
Pages: 635 - 652


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