The effect of suction on magnetohydrodynamic forced flow of a viscous electrically conducting fluid through a porous medium induced by a rotating disk

Abstract

The present paper investigates the steady MHD forced flow of an incompressible viscous electrically conducting fluid, due to an infinite rotating disk bounded by a porous medium. A uniform suction is applied on the upper disk. It is assumed that the flow between the disk and the porous medium is governed by Navier-Stokes equations and that in the porous medium by Brinkman equations. Flows in the two regions are matched at the interface by assuming that the velocity and stress components are continuous at it. At the interface (porous medium-clear fluid boundary), a modified set of boundary conditions suggested by Ochao-Tapia and Whittaker is applied. Assuming constant suction at the disk surface, analytical expressions for the velocity and shearing stress are calculated and effects of various parameters upon them are examined.