International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

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2006, Volume33

Issue 5

94 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v33.i5

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Pardeep Kumar
Department of Mathematics, ICDEOL, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005, India

Roshan Lal
Department of Mathematics, ICDEOL, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005, India

The thermal convection in Walters B’ viscoelastic fluid is considered in the presence of a uniform vertical magnetic field and uniform rotation. For the case of stationary convection, Walters B’ viscoelastic fluid behaves like a Newtonian fluid. It is found that rotation has a stabilizing effect, whereas the magnetic field has both stabilizing and destabilizing effects. Graphs have been plotted by giving numerical values to the parameters, depicting the stability characteristics. The rotation, magnetic field, and viscoelasticity are found to introduce oscillatory modes in the system that were nonexistent in their absence.

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v33.i5.30 Download article, 421-429 pages

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