Numerical study of unsteady free convective heat transfer in Walters-B viscoelastic flow over an inclined stretching sheet with heat source and magnetic field
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2015
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The Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
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An investigation was carried out on the numerical study of unsteady free convective heat transfer in Walters-B viscoelastic flow over an inclined stretching sheet with heat source and magnetic field. The dimensionless governing equations are solved using an implicit finite difference method of Crank-Nicolson type. The effects of various parameters on the velocity and temperature fields as well as the coefficient of skin-friction and Nusselt number were presented graphically and in tabulated forms. It is observed that, when the heat source parameter increases, the velocity and temperature increase in the boundary layer.
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Crank-Nicolson equation, velocity, temperature, coefficient of skin-friction, Nusselt number, non-Newton fluid flow