Abstract:
This paper entails numerical investigation of the combined effects of radiation, magnetic fields viscosity, porosity and rotation past a moving vertical porous plate on flow variables. The governing equations considered are reduced to specific form with respect to the geometry of the problem under study and resulted to non- linear partial differential equations. Turbulent modeling is done using the time-averaged approach known as Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations. The resulting final set of equations are non linear thus no analytical method could be applied to obtain the solution. They are converted to a system of linear equations and numerical techniques are used to obtain the approximate solutions. The solution is generated by computer generated program code developed in MATLAB version 7.90.529(R2009b). Graphical results showing the effects of varying various thermo physical parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles are presented and discussed. The results obtained are useful in engineering, mining, industries and many other scientific fields.
