• EFFECT OF HEAT SOURCE ON MHD FLOW OF VISCO-ELASTIC FLUID OF AN ARBITRARY INCLINED PLANE WITH HEAT TRANSFER

Abstract

The effect of heat source on the flow of visco-elastic conducting fluid of Rivlin – Ericksen type flowing down an inclined plane in presence of a transverse magnetic field with heat transfer is investigated. This type of problem finds application in many technological and engineering fields such as cosmical flight aerodynamics, plasma physics, Glass production and furnace engineering, rocket propulsion systems, space craft re-entry aerothermodynamics. Velocity of the fluid has been presented for various parameters. In this study velocity of fluid increases with the increase in H (Hartmann number), but it decreases with the increase in G_r (Grashof number) and S (Heat source parameter).