Analytical approach to an electrically conducting micropolar fluid flow past a vertical porous plate

Abstract

Free convective flow of steady laminar incompressible micropolar fluid past over a vertical stretching sheet has been studied. In addition to an electrically conducting fluid in the presence of porous medium, study of buoyant parameters, uniform heat source as well as the entire discussion of mass transfer Eq. is taken into consideration. Superimposing similarity transformation the complex PDEs are turned into nonlinear ODEs. The speciality of the present study is the solution procedure. The highly nonlinear differential Eq.s are more critical to handle analytically. However, a new analytical approach is used to solve these complex Eqs. Before employing perturbation we use a particular substitution which satisfies the prescribed boundary conditions. The influence of various pertinent parameters on the flow phenomena is displayed via graphs and for validation present result is compared with earlier published result in particular cases. Finally, the major outcomes are laid down as follows: cooling of the plate increases both the velocity profile however, heating decreases significantly. Copper is a good conductor of heat and used as a media for heat exchanger