Effect of Radiation on MHD Mixed Convection Flow from a Vertical Plate Embedded in a Saturated Porous Media with Melting

Abstract

The effect of radiation on a steady two-dimension magneto-hydrodynamic mixed convection flow from a vertical plate embedded in a saturated porous media with melting is analyzed. The non-linear partial differential equations, governing the flow field under consideration, have been transformed by a similarity transformation into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations and then solved numerically by applying Nachtsheim-swigert shooting iteration technique together with sixth order Runge-Kutta integration schemes. Resulting non-dimensional velocity and temperature profiles are then presented graphically for different values of the parameters of physical and engineering interest. It is observed that the nusselt number decreases with increase in melting parameter, while it increases with increase in radiation parameter.