Influence of Velocity Slip on the MHD Flow of a Micropolar Fluid Over a Stretching Surface

Free convection of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid past a permeable stretching surface is considered in the present analysis. The crux of the investigation is the study of velocity slip boundary condition that affects the flow behavior. In addition to that the temperature profile enhances with the inclusion of dissipative heat energy, thermal radiation and the heat generation/absorption parameter. Employing suitable similarity variables, the governing equations are transformed to nonlinear ODEs and numerical treatment such as fourth-order Runge-Kutta method in conjunction with shooting technique. Physical behavior of several contributing parameters for the flow phenomena, local skin-friction coefficient, the wall couple stress, and the local Nusselt number are presented via graphs and further described in the results and discussion section.