NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF MHD FLUID FLOW OVER AN IMPULSIVELY STARTED FLAT PLATE WITH SURFACE EMBEDDED IN A NON-DARCIAN POROUS MEDIUM

The MHD fluid flow over an impulsively started flat plate with surface embedded in a non-darcian porous medium in the presence of radiation, chemical reaction, heat generation and Soret effect is investigated. To obtain the non-similar momentum equation, energy equation and concentration equation, usually non-dimensional variables have been used. The governing equations of the problem contain a system of partial differential equations. A finite difference technique is used to solve the obtained non-similar, coupled, non-linear partial differential non-dimensional equations. The effects of various physical parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration fields across the boundary layer are investigated. Finally, a qualitative comparison with previous published work is shown in tabular form.