Dada, M.S.2019-10-182019-10-182012http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2841The combined effects of dissipation, thermal radiation and MHD on the viscous incompressible unsteady fluid flow past an impulsively started infinite vertical plate with Newtonian heating for optically thin radiation limit case is investigated. The set of governing boundary layer equations is transformed to its non‐dimensional forms and solved for the temperature and velocity distributions by Crank Nicolson implicit finite difference method. The effects of radiation parameter, magnetic field parameter, Grashof number, Eckert number and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature profiles, and on the skin friction are illustrated in graphical and tabular forms. The contributions of the various material parameters on the flow field are highlighted.enRadiation,DissipationMHD effectsArticle