Unsteady Heat and Mass Transfer  Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Convective  Couette Flow with Thermal Radiation using  Finite Element Method (FEM)

Emmanuel Omokhuale; Muhammad M. Altine; Anas Yusuf

doi:10.4314/cajost.v1i1.16

Authors

Emmanuel Omokhuale 1Department of Mathematical Science, Federal University Gusau, zamfara State, Nigeria. P.M.B
Muhammad M. Altine Department of Mathematics, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria. P.M.B. 1157
Anas Yusuf Department of Mathematics, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria. P.M.B. 1157

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/cajost.v1i1.16

Keywords:

Magnetohydrodynamics, ; Free convection, Finite Element Method, Heat, mass transfer

Abstract

An analysis of unsteady hydromagnetic convective Couette flow of a viscous, electrically conducting and incompressible fluid taking into cognizance thermal radiation, diffusion and diffusion thermo effects is conducted numerically using Finite Element Method (FEM). Computations were done for a wide range of parameters of engineering interest embedded in the flow problem. The effects of these flow parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration are presented graphically while that of the skin-friction, the obtained results are benchmarked with previously published works and was seen to be in good agreement.