On computations for thermal radiation in MHD channel flow with heat and mass transfer

T Hayat; M Awais; A Alsaedi; Ambreen Safdar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086695

On computations for thermal radiation in MHD channel flow with heat and mass transfer

PLoS One. 2014 Jan 30;9(1):e86695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086695. eCollection 2014.

Authors

T Hayat¹, M Awais², A Alsaedi³, Ambreen Safdar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan ; Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock, Pakistan.
³ Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

This study examines the simultaneous effects of heat and mass transfer on the three-dimensional boundary layer flow of viscous fluid between two infinite parallel plates. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and thermal radiation effects are present. The governing problems are first modeled and then solved by homotopy analysis method (HAM). Influence of several embedded parameters on the velocity, concentration and temperature fields are described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Computer Simulation*
Energy Transfer
Hot Temperature
Hydrodynamics
Infrared Rays
Radiation
Thermodynamics
Viscosity

Grants and funding

The research of Dr. Alsaedi was partially supported by Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. No addition external funding was received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.