International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 3 (1980), Issue 3, Pages 521-534
doi:10.1155/S0161171280000397

Shear flow past a flat plate in hydromagnetics

Abstract

The problem of simple shear flow past a flat plate has been extended to the hydromagnetic case in which a viscous, electrically conducting, incompressible fluid flows past an electrically insulated flat plate with a magnetic field parallel to the plate. For simplicity all physical parameters are assumed constant. A series solution for the velocity field has been developed for small values of a magnetic parameter. The equations governing this flow field were integrated numerically It is found that the effect of the magnetic field is to diminish and increase respectively, the first and second order contributions for the skin friction.