Hydromagnetic flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet

Abstract

An electrically conducting fluid permeated by a uniform transverse magnetic field is considered, the motion being caused solely by the stretching of the wall. A similarity solution for the velocity and heat transfer characteristics in the flow with uniform suction at the wall is obtained. This problem may have applications to polymer technology (where one deals with stretching plastic sheets) and metallurgy where hydromagnetic techniques have recently been used.