Hydromagnetic Free Convection for High and Low Prandtl Numbers

Abstract

Free convection boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting fluid past a vertical flat plate in the presence of a magnetic field, perpendicular to the force of gravity, is analysed. Thermal and viscous boundary layers are separately treated with different polynomials, representing the velocity and temperature profiles in different regions of the boundary layers. The flow, the rate of heat transfer and the skinfriction are discussed for high and low Prandtl numbers.