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Forced and Free Convective Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Between Vertical Conducting Walls

M. Singh, V. M. Soundalgekar

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 79 / Number 4 / December 1981 / Pages 374-379

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21388

An analysis of a fully developed forced and free convective magnetohydrodynamic flow between two electrically conducting vertical plates has been carried out taking into account the external circuit and the thermal conductance ratio of the plates. Derived are approximate solutions to the nonlinear integro-differential equations governing the velocity, the temperature, the skin friction, and the Nusselt number. It is observed that an increase in the thermal conductance ratio leads to both an increase in velocity and temperature.