• THE INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL REACTION AND VISCOUS DISSIPATION ON RADIATIVE MHD HEAT AND MASS DIFFUSION FLOW PAST AN OSCILLATING VERTICAL PLATE EMBEDDED IN A POROUS MEDIUM WITH VARIABLE SURFACE CONDITIONS

Abstract

This investigation is undertaken to study the hydromagnetic flow of a viscous incompressible fluid past an oscillating vertical plate embedded in a porous medium with radiation, viscous dissipation, Chemical reaction and variable heat and mass diffusion. Governing equations are solved by unconditionally stable explicit finite difference method of DuFort – Frankel’s type, for concentration, temperature, vertical velocity field and skin - friction and they are presented graphically for different values of physical parameters involved. It is observed that plate oscillation, variable mass diffusion, radiation, viscous dissipation and porous medium affect the flow pattern significantly.