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Latin American applied research

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MODATHER, M.; RASHAD, A. M.  and  EL-KABEIR, S. M. M.. Influences of temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on the unsteady flow and heat transfer of a micropolar fluid over a stretching sheet. Lat. Am. appl. res. [online]. 2012, vol.42, n.2, pp.121-126. ISSN 0327-0793.

This paper is devoted to describe the analysis of unsteady boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a viscous, incompressible micropolar fluid having temperature-dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity over a non-isothermal horizontal stretching sheet. The fluid viscosity and the thermal conductivity are assumed to vary as inverse linear functions of temperature. The unsteady boundary layer equations for the momentum, angular momentum and thermal energy are simplified using suitable transformations. The resulting system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations is solved numerically by employing a shooting technique with fourth order Runge-Kutta integration scheme. The effects of the various parameters on the velocity, microrotation and temperature profiles are presented graphically. In addition, tabulated results for the skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and couple stress at the plate are presented and discussed.

Keywords : Unsteady Flow; Micropolar Fluid; Stretching Sheet; Temperature Dependent Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity.

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