Abstract:
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) twodimensional
steady convective flow and heat
transfer of micropolar fluids flow along an
inclined flat plate with variable electric
conductivity and uniform surface heat flux has
been analyzed numerically in the presence of heat
generation. With appropriate transformations the
boundary layer partial differential equations are
transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential
equations. The local similarity solutions of the
transformed dimensionless equations for the
velocity flow, microrotation and heat transfer
characteristics are assessed using Nachtsheim-
Swigert shooting iteration technique along with
the sixth order Runge-Kutta-Butcher initial value
solver. Numerical results are presented
graphically in the form of velocity, microrotation,
and temperature profiles within the boundary
layer for different parameters entering into the
analysis. The effects of the pertinent parameters
on the local skin-friction coefficient (viscous
drag), plate couple stress and the rate of heat
transfer (Nusselt number) are also discussed and
displayed graphically
