Study of MHD over Reiner-Philippoff fluid flow past slandering sheet with homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions

Abstract

Abstract Study of chemical reaction along with magnetic effect is significant in industrial process now a days. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) over Reiner-Philippoff (R-P) fluid flow passing through a stretching sheet and variable thickness with homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions is investigated in this article. With similarity transformations, partial differential equations are modified into dimensionless system of ordinary differential equations. Numerical results are obtained by the shooting technique along with the R-K method by using computational software MATLAB. The physical analysis of appropriate parameters in the velocity and concentration profiles is discussed in detail and shown graphically. It is summarized with critical observations that the inclining values of the wall thickness parameter cause the reduction in velocity and homogeneous reactions. At the same time, contrary behaviour is observed for heterogeneous reactions. The effect of MHD is noted to resist the velocity and concentration profiles for homogeneous reactions. However, the opposite behaviour is noted for heterogeneous reactions.