Several studies have been made on unstable MHD Casson fluid flow past a perpendicular channel due to its significant executions in science and technology. For that reason, the major objective of the present article is to derive exact solutions for unstable free convection  MHD flow of Casson fluid through a vertical channel. Employing suitable dimensionless variables, dimensional regulatory equations  are transmuted into dimensionless form. Method of Laplace transform (MOLT) is applied to get analytical expressions for velocity and temperature of the flow. The acquired analytical results were  plotted against different critical parameters to understand the flow phenomena. The obtained results are compared with earlier work with some limitations. The outcomes are in well concurrence with the existing ones.

unstable, MHD, Casson fluid, vertical channel, Laplace transform.

Received: October 24, 2022; Accepted: December 30, 2022; Published: January 23, 2023

How to cite this article: K. V. Chandra Sekhar, Unstable MHD Casson fluid flow phenomena through vertical channel, JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 31 (2023), 63-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0973576323006

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