Magnetic flow and heat transfer in a rectangular channel with variable viscosity

Abstract EN

The effect of temperature dependent viscosity on the transient magnetic flow and heat transfer in a rectangular channel is studied.

An external uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the parallel plates and the Hall effect is taken into consideration.

The fluid is acted upon by a constant pressure gradient.

The two plates are kept at two constant but different temperatures and the viscous and Joule dissipations are considered in the energy equation.

A numerical solution for the governing non-linear equations of motion and the energy equation is obtained.

The effect of the Hall term and the temperature dependent viscosity on both the velocity and temperature distributions is examined