Elastico-Viscous MHD Free Convective Flow Past an Inclined Permeable Plate with Dufour Effects in Presence of Chemical Reaction

Abstract

An attempt has been made to study the unsteady MHD two-dimensional free convective elastico-viscous fluid past an inclined permeable plate with Dufour effects in presence of chemical reaction. The elastico-viscous fluid flow is characterized by Walters liquid (Model B'). The perturbation scheme is used to solve the governing equations of the fluid motion. The approximate solutions have been derived for the velocity profile, temperature field, concentration field, skin friction, rate of heat transfer and rate of mass transfer. It is noticed that the flow field is considerably affected by the elastico-viscous parameter. The velocity profile and the approximate skin friction coefficient have been presented graphically to observe the elastico-viscous effects for various values of the flow parameters involved in the solution.