MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC THREE DIMENSIONAL INCLINED FLOW PAST A POROUS PLATE WITH VARIABLE SUCTION AND SINUSOIDAL TEMPERATURE IN PRESENCE OF A HEAT SINK

N. Ahmed (India) and D. P. Barua (India)

Received February 26, 2008; Revised April 10, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: magnetohydrodynamic, heat transfer, heat sink, variable suction, electrically conducting, viscous incompressible, sinusoidal plate temperature, slip parameter.