THERMAL RADIATION EFFECT ON MHD NATURAL CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OVER A PLATE WITH SUCTION (INJECTION) AND VARIABLE VISCOSITY

The effect of thermal radiation on steady natural convection boundary layer flow over a plate with variable viscosity and magnetic field has been studied in this paper. The effect of suction and injection is also considered in the investigation. The system of partial differential equations governing the nonsimilar flow has been solved numerically using implicit finite difference scheme along with a quasilinearization technique. The thermal radiation has significant effect on heat transfer coefficient and thermal transport in presence of viscosity variation parameter and magnetic field in case of suction and injection.