Authors : Achogo, Wisdom Hezekiah; Okereke, Ifeoma Chikamma; Ofomata, Amarachukwu I.O; Amadi Onyebuchi Felicia
Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 1 - January
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The theoretical examination of the effects of
velocity, temperature, concentration parameter
variations and magnetic fields on convective periodic flow
was studied on an electrically conducting, viscous and
incompressible fluid through a porous medium in an
inclined plane. A set of coupled ordinary differential
equations arising from the formulation of the problem
were solved analytically by method of undetermined
coefficient. The solution to the problem is obtained
thereafter and with realistic parameter values the results
were displayed in plots. The effects of parameter
variations on velocity, concentration and temperature
fields were discussed with the help of the plots. From the
plots, the following results have been drawn; it is
observed that increase in the Prandtl number decreases
the temperature, increase in the Reynolds number
decreases the temperature of the fluid, Reynolds number
decreases the concentration of the fluid, increase in the
Schmidt number decreases the concentration making it
more significant at the centre of the flow region, increase
in permeability leads to increase in the velocity and
increase in the magnetic field leads to decrease in the
velocity.
Keywords : Natural Convection, Magnetohy Drodynamic, Porous Medium, Inclined Channel, Thermal Radiation.