Heat and mass transfer in hydromagnetic flow of the non-Newtonian fluid with heat source over an accelerating surface through a porous medium

An analysis is made to determine the heat and mass transfer occurring in th e hydromagnetic flow of the non-Newtonian fluid on a linearly accelerating surface with temperature-dependent heat source subject to suction or blowin g. The results are expressed in terms of Kummer's function in the case of a surface with prescribed wall temperature. Numerical calculations have been carried out for various values of Prandtl number Pr (0.71 for air), suctio n or blowing parameter m, temperature parameter r, heat flux parameter S an d Schmidt number Sc. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.