Magnetoconvective flow and heat transfer between vertical wavy wall and a parallel flat wall (Q2746590)

This paper studies free convection between a long vertical wavy wall and a parallel flat wall in the presence of an applied constant magnetic field \(B_o\), normal to gravity, and an applied constant electric field \(E_o\), parallel to gravity. It is also assumed that a uniform heat source/sink, \(Q\), is present into the flow. The wavy wall has the equation \(y =\varepsilon\text{cos} (Kx)\), where \(y\) is amplitude, \(K\) is wave length, and \(x\) is coordinate in the vertical direction. The wavy and flat walls are maintained at constant temperatures, \(T_w\) and \(T_1\), respectively. The governing equations are first written in non-dimensional form, and these equations are then solved analytically using a linearization technique, wherein the flow is assumed to consist of two parts: a mean part, and a perturbed part, respectively. Exact solutions are obtained for the mean part, and the perturbed part is solved using long wave approximation.NEWLINENEWLINEThe authors obtain results for zeroth- and first-order velocity profiles in vertical direction, first-order temperature profiles and zeroth- and first-order skin friction and Nusselt number at the wavy and flat walls. These quantities are presented in graphs as a function of parameters involved into this problem, namely, the Hartmann number, \(M\), electric field parameter, \(E\), wall temperature ratio, \(m\), and source parameter \(Q\). It is shown that the effect of parameter \(M\) is to suppress the flow in the absence of electric field, which is the classical Hartmann flow. However, the effect of the parameter \(E\) is to accelerate the flow. Further, it is shown that the skin friction at the wavy wall increases, whereas it decreases at the fixed wall with the increase in parameter \(M\). The Nusselt number, on the other hand, at the wavy wall increases positively with the heat source parameter, \(Q\), and at the fixed wall it increases negatively.NEWLINENEWLINEThis problem has many practical applications, including cross-hatching on ablating surfaces, film vaporization, and cooling of reentry vehicles. The paper is well prepared and presented. However, the results are not compared with any existing data from the literature. Nevertheless, the results follow logically from the physical aspects, and are important.