Numerical Study of the Effects of Suction and Pressure Gradient on an Unsteady MHD Fluid Flow between Two Parallel Plates in a Non-Darcy Porous Medium
Bhim Sen Kala *
K L University, Guntur, 522502, A. P., India.
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Abstract
The present problem discusses the unsteady MHD fluid flow of viscous incompressible fluid in between two parallel horizontal plates, upper being at rest and lower moving, in the presence of transverse magnetic field in a non Darcy (Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer) porous medium. These equations were solved numerically using explicit finite difference method. The fluid velocity with respect to the governing parameters are computed and presented graphically, and in tabular form using MATLAB.
Keywords: MHD flow, suction, Forchheimer parameter, non-Darcy porous medium