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A Prandtl transformation method is applied to study the transient free
convection of non-Newtonian fluids along a wavy vertical plate in the
presence of a magnetic field. A simple transformation is proposed to
transform the governing equations into the boundary-layer equations an
d solved numerically by the cubic spline approximation. A simple coord
inate transformation is employed to transform the complex wavy surface
to a vertical flat plate for a constant wall temperature by the numer
ical method. The effects of the magnetic field parameter, the wavy geo
metry and the non-Newtonian nature of the fluids on the flow character
istics and heat transfer are discussed in detail. (C) 1996 by Elsevier
Science Inc.