On the similarity solution of micropolar power law fluid over a vertical plate

Ferdows, M.; Olajuwon, B. I.*

International Journal of Contemporary Mathematical Sciences, 6(3), p.133 - 143, 2011/00

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The steady 2-D convective micropolar boundary layer driven by a pseudoplastic power law fluid on a vertical plate was studied. By using suitable similarity transformation, the governing non-dimensional boundary layer equations are reduced into ordinary differential equations containing three parameters: coupling constant, microrotation parameter and power law exponent. The numerical solution of the resulting problem is obtained using Mathcad. The effects of these parameters are presented graphically as velocity and angular velocity profiles. In addition, the result shows that the parameters have appreciable influence of the flow.