Heat transfer Analyses of Boundary Layer Fluid Flow in Presence of Variable Thermal Conductivity and Space Dependent Heat Generation /Absorption

Dr. Sayed Anis Fatima .H

Abstract: The effects of space dependent heat generation/absorption in presence variable thermal conductivity on the boundary layer Visco-elastic fluid flow over stretching surface are analyzed. The governing boundary layer equations are reduced to ordinary non-linear differential equations using similarity transformation. Solutions of heat transfer equations are obtained numerically by shooting technique usingfourth order Runge kutta method. The effects of different physical parameters such as Magnetic field, Prandtl number etc on temperature profile are thoroughly discussed.

Keywords: Thermal conductivity, space dependent heat generation/absorption. visco-elasticity, porosity