Scrutinization of Joule Heating and Viscous Dissipation on MHD Flow and Melting Heat Transfer Over a Stretching Sheet

Abstract

The present paper deals with an analysis of the combined effect of Joule heating and viscous dissipation on an MHD boundary layer flow and melting heat transfer of a micro polar fluid over a stretching surface. Governing equations of the problem are transformed into a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations by applying proper transformations and then they are solved numerically using the RKF-45 method. The method is verified by a comparison with the established results with limiting solution. The influence of the various interesting parameters on the flow and heat transfer is analyzed in detail through plotted graphs.

Keywords

• joule heating
• viscous dissipation
• stretching sheet
• micro polar dusty fluid
• numerical method