Viscous and Joule heating effects on forced convection flow from radiate isothermal porous surfaces

Purpose – To highlight the effect of viscous and Joule heating on different ionized gases in the presence of magneto and thermal radiation effects.Design/methodology/approach – The conservation equations are written for the MHD forced convection in the presence of thermal radiation. The governing equations are transformed into non‐similar form using a set of dimensionless variables and then solved numerically using Keller box method.Findings – The increasing of fluid suction parameter enhances local Nusselt numbers, while the increasing of injection parameter decreases local Nusselt numbers. The inclusion of thermal radiation increases the heat transfer rate for both ionized gases suction or injection. The presence of magnetic field decreases the heat transfer rate for the suction case and increases it for the injection case. Finally, the heat transfer rate is decreased due to viscous dissipation.Research limitations/implications – The combined effects of both viscous and Joule heating on the forced conve...

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