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An analytical study is performed to examine the heat transfer characteristics on the flow of a viscous, incompressible rarefied gas in a parallel plate channel under the action of transverse magnetic field when (i) suction velocity normal to the plate is constant, (ii) the second plate oscillates in time about a constant non-zero mean, (iii) fluid is subjected to a constant heat source of absorption type. Apprximate solutions for velocity, temperature, phase, and amplitude of skin-friction and rate of heat transfer are evaluated. Mean temperature profiles, phase and amplitude of rate of heat transfer at both plates are discussed graphically followed by a quantitative discussion. Mean rate of heat transfer is tabulated in Table I.
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Agrawal, H.L., Nath, R. & Singh, R.P. Heat transfer in unsteady MHD couette flow of an electrically conducting, viscous, incompressible rarefied gas. Astrophys Space Sci 129, 169–180 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00717867
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