Radiation Absorption and Chemical Reaction Effects on Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Flow of Jeffery Fluid in an Infinite Vertical Plate

Abstract

The influence of radiation absorption and chemical reaction on unsteady MHD
convective Jeffery flow of a viscous, electrically conducting and incompressible
fluid is analysed. The governing equations that describe the flow formation, heat
and mass transfer are modeled as Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) and solved
numerically using Finite Difference Method (FDM). The effect of parameters
associated with the flow of the fluid velocity, temperature and concentration were
studied with the aid of graphs. It is seen that, the momentum boundary layer
increases as the value of radiation and Jeffery parameters are increased while the
velocity of the fluid falls for higher values of the chemical reaction parameter. Also,
the temperature of the fluid rises as radiation becomes significant in the thermal
boundary layer while increase in chemical reaction parameter causes a decrease
is the concentration of the fluid