• EFFECTS OF THERMAL RADIATION AND MHD ON THE UNSTEADY FREE CONVECTION AND MASS TRANSFORM FLOW PAST AN EXPONENTIALLY ACCELERATED VERTICAL PLATE WITH VARIABLE TEMPERATURE

Abstract

The effect of a uniform transverse magnetic field on the free convection and mass- transform flow of an electrically-conducting fluid past an exponentially accelerated infinite vertical plate is discussed. The fluid considered here is a gray, absorbing/emitting radiation but a non-scattering medium. The plate temperature is raised linearly with time and the concentration level near the plate is raised to . The magnetic lines of force are assumed to be fixed relative to the plate. Expressions for the velocity field and skin friction are obtained by the Laplace transform technique. The influence of the various parameters, entering into the problem, on the velocity field and skin friction is extensively discussed with the help of graphs.