Heat and mass transfer of an unsteady MHD natural convection flow of a rotating fluid past a vertical porous flat plate in the presence of radiative heat transfer (Q878889)

The unsteady motion of an incompressible, electrically conducing viscous fluid is considered. The fluid moves in a plane and rotates, the angular velocity is perpendicular to the plane. A uniform magnetic field is applied externally in the direction of the flows fixed relative to the plate. The induced magnetic field is negligible compared to the initial one. It is assumed that there is no external voltage applied, i.e. there is no electric field present. Further, it is assumed that there is no viscous dissipation which would heat the fluid, this simplifies the energy equation. The usual Boussinesq approximation is used. When transformed to non-dimensional quantities the velocity components are combined to a complex variable. The radiative flux is taken in the differential form used by Elbary and Elgazery, and the Rosseland approximation is used. The resulting second-order differential equation is solved by Laplace transformation. With the obtained result the equation of motion is solved again by Laplace transformation. The results are discussed for two different cases, that of a constant motion and that of a decaying oscillatory motion. For both cases the expressions for the skin friction are calculated. The results are discussed by means of different figures and they are in qualitative agreement with earlier special results.