Effect of heat generation on transient flow of micropolar fluid in a porous vertical channel
D.H. Doh1, M. Muthtamilselvan2, and D. Prakash2В
1Korea Maritime University, Busan South Korea
2Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Tamilnadu, India
E-mail: muthtamil1@yahoo.co.in
Keywords: micropolar fluid, heat generation, porous medium, fully developed flow
Pages: 275–284
Abstract
The present work is performed to study the effect of heat generation on fully devel-oped flow and heat transfer of micropolar fluid between two parallel vertical plates. The rigid plates are assumed to exchange heat with an external fluid by convection. The governing equations are solved by using Crank–Nicolson implicit finite difference method. The effects of governing parameters such as transient, heat generation, mi-cropolar parameter, Prandtl number, Biot number, and Reynolds number on the veloc-ity and temperature profiles are discussed. It is found that the presence of heat generation enhances the velocity and temperature of the micropolar fluid at the middle of the channel.
DOI: 10.1134/S0869864317020111
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