MHD stagnation point flow of Jeffrey fluid by a radially stretching surface with viscous dissipation and Joule heating

• Main Authors: Hayat Tasawar, Waqas Muhammad, Shehzad Sabir Ali, Alsaedi Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
• Series: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
• Subjects: mhd stagnation point flow; jeffrey fluid; viscous dissipation; joule heating
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2015-0038
• ISSN: 0042-790X

The steady stagnation-point flow of an electrically conducting fluid due to convectively heated stretched disk in the radial direction is considered. Effects of viscous dissipation and Joule heating are present. Mathematical modelling is based upon constitutive relations of Jeffrey fluid. The governing partial differential equations are first transformed into the coupled system of ordinary differential equations and then solved for the convergent series solutions. Numerical values of skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt number are also computed and analysed.