UDC 536.25 G. Palani and Kwang-Yong KimTHE EFFECTS OF MHD ON FREE-CONVECTION FLOW PAST A SEMI-INFINITE ISOTHERMAL INCLINED PLATE
An analysis of the effects of MHD on a two-dimensional free-convective flow of a viscous incompressible fluid past a semi-infinite isothermal inclined plate is carried out. The effects of viscous dissipation and the induced magnetic field are assumed to be negligible. A more accurate, unconditionally stable, and fast converging implicit finite difference scheme is used to solve the dimensionless governing equations. The effects of MHD on velocity, temperature, local and average skin friction, local and average Nusselt number are studied. It is observed that the magnetic field parameter has a retarding effect on the velocity. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea; email: gpalani32@yahoo.co.in. Original article submitted April 2, 2007; revision submitted November 12, 2007.