MHD flow and heat transfer of a micropolar fluid over a stretching surface with heat generation (absorption) and slip velocity

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Benha University (13518), Egypt

Abstract

In this work, the effects of slip velocity on the flow and heat transfer for an electrically conducting micropolar fluid over a permeable stretching surface with variable heat flux in the presence
of heat generation (absorption) and a transverse magnetic field are investigated. The governing
partial differential equations describing the problem are converted to a system of non-linear
ordinary differential equations by using the similarity transformation, which is solved numerically
using the Chebyshev spectral method. The effects of the slip parameter on the flow, micro-otation
and temperature profiles as well as on the local skin-friction coefficient, the wall couple stress and
the local Nusselt number are presented graphically. The numerical results of the local skin-friction
coefficient, the wall couple stress and the local Nusselt number are given in a tabular form and
discussed.

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