Radiation and chemical reaction effects on MHD Casson fluid flow past an oscillating vertical plate embedded in porous medium

Analytic expression for unsteady free convective hydromagnetic boundary layer Casson fluid flow past an oscillating vertical plate embedded through porous medium in the presence of uniform transverse magnetic field, thermal radiation and chemical reaction is obtained. Both isothermal and ramped wall temperatures are taken into account. The governing equations are solved using Laplace transform technique and the solutions are presented in closed form. The numerical values of Casson fluid velocity, temperature and concentration at the plate are presented graphically for several values of the pertinent parameters. Effect of governing parameters on Skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number is also discussed. Casson parameter gamma is inversely proportional to the yield stress and it is observed that for the large value of Casson parameter, the fluid is close to the Newtonian fluid where the velocity is less than the Non-Newtonian fluid. It is seen that velocity increases and Temperature decreases with increase in thermal radiation R. Radiation parameter R signifies the relative contribution of conduction heat transfer to thermal radiation transfer. Concentration decreases tendency with chemical reaction parameter R'. (C) 2016 Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.