FREE CONVECTIVE NON-NEWTONIAN MHD FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH POROUS MEDIUM BETWEEN TWO LONG VERTICAL WAVY WALLS

Rita Choudhury (India) and Debasish Dey (India)

Received October 23, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: non-Newtonian, free convective, MHD flow, porous medium, heat transfer, shearing stress, nusselt number, regular perturbation technique.