Heat transfer analysis of MHD thin film flow of an unsteady second grade fluid past a vertical oscillating belt

PLoS One. 2014 Nov 10;9(11):e103843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103843. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

This article aims to study the thin film layer flowing on a vertical oscillating belt. The flow is considered to satisfy the constitutive equation of unsteady second grade fluid. The governing equation for velocity and temperature fields with subjected initial and boundary conditions are solved by two analytical techniques namely Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM) and Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method (OHAM). The comparisons of ADM and OHAM solutions for velocity and temperature fields are shown numerically and graphically for both the lift and drainage problems. It is found that both these solutions are identical. In order to understand the physical behavior of the embedded parameters such as Stock number, frequency parameter, magnetic parameter, Brinkman number and Prandtl number, the analytical results are plotted graphically and discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Chemical Engineering / methods*
  • Hydrodynamics*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Temperature
  • Thermal Conductivity*

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