Heat Transfer in Unsteady Squeezing Flow Between Parallel Plates

Abstract

In this study, we investigated an unsteady MHD flow between parallel plates in the presence of viscous dissipation. The transformed governing equations are solved numerically using bvp5c Matlab package. The impact of different non-dimensional parameters on velocity and temperature profiles along with the local Nusselt number is discussed graphically. It is observed that the Nusselt number is a decreasing function of the radiation parameter and Hartmann number but it is an increasing function of squeeze number and Eckert number.

Keywords:MHD, viscous dissipation, squeeze number, radiation