Magnetohydrodynamics effect on convective boundary layer flow and heat transfer of viscoelastic micropolar fluid past a sphere

• Main Authors: Laila Amera, Aziz, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Kasim, Nur Syahidah, Yusoff, Mohd Zuki, Salleh, Sharidan, Shafie
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18553/1/Magnetohydrodynamics%20effect%20on%20convective%20boundary%20layer%20flow%20and%20heat%20transfer%20of%20viscoelastic%20micropolar%20fluid%20past%20a%20sphere.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18553/; https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/890/1/012003
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

The main interest of this study is to investigate the effect of MHD on the boundary layer flow and heat transfer of viscoelastic micropolar fluid. Governing equations are transformed into dimensionless form in order to reduce their complexity. Then, the stream function is applied to the dimensionless equations to produce partial differential equations which are then solved numerically using the Keller-box method in Fortran programming. The numerical results are compared to published study to ensure the reliability of present results. The effects of selected physical parameters such as the viscoelastic parameter, K, micropolar parameter, κ and magnetic parameter, M on the flow and heat transfer are discussed and presented in tabular and graphical form. The findings from this study will be of critical importance in the fields of medicine, chemical as well as industrial processes where magnetic field is involved.