Flow of a Dusty Revlin – Ericksen Fluid Due To an Impulsively Started Flate Plate

Effects of Magnetic Field and Dust Concentration on Flow and Skin Friction

Abstract

In the present problem a theoretical analysis of two dimensional flow of Revlin – Ericksen fluid through a porous medium. The unsteady laminar flow of an elastico-viscous fluid suspended with a uniform distribution of non-conducting dust particles in presence of uniform transverse magnetic field fixed relative to the plate which is applied perpendicular to the flow of fluid is considered. The velocity field for the conducting dusty fluid, non-conducting dust particles and the skin friction at the plate are obtained for large value of time. The effect of magnetic field and the mass concentration of the dust particle an velocity and skin friction are discussed numerically.