Gravity Modulation Effects of Hydromagnetic Elastico-Viscous Fluid Flow past a Porous Plate in Slip Flow Regime

Abstract

The two-dimensional hydromagnetic free convective flow of elastico-viscous fluid (Walters liquid Model B′) with simultaneous heat and mass transfer past an infinite vertical porous plate under the influence of gravity modulation effects has been analysed. Generalized Navier’s boundary condition has been used to study the characteristics of slip flow regime. Fluctuating characteristics of temperature and concentration are considered in the neighbourhood of the surface having periodic suction. The governing equations of fluid motion are solved analytically by using perturbation technique. Various fluid flow characteristics (velocity profile, viscous drag, etc.) are analyzed graphically for various values of flow parameters involved in the solution. A special emphasis is given on the gravity modulation effects on both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.