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Soret and Dufour Effects on Unsteady MHD Mixed Convection Flow past a Radiative Vertical Porous Plate Embedded in a Porous Medium with Chemical Reaction
Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Department of Mathematics, D. S. College, Aligarh (U. P.), India
Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
- 1 Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
- 2 Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
- 3 Department of Mathematics, D. S. College, Aligarh (U. P.), India
- 4 Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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Abstract
The Soret and Dufour effects on unsteady MHD mixed convection flow past an infinite radiative vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium in the presence of chemical reaction have been studied. A uniform magnetic field acts perpendicular to the porous surface. The Rosseland approximation has been used to describe the radiative heat flux in energy equation. The governing equations are solved numerically by applying explicit finite difference Method. The effects of various parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration fields have been examined with the help of graphs.
KeywordsDufour EffectSoret EffectMHDRadiationChemical Reaction
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