Abstract: The unsteady free convective viscous incompressible flow of an electrically conducting fluid, under uniform magnetic field, through porous medium near vertical insulated wall with variable suction in slip flow has been investigated. The governing equation in non-dimensional form is solved with the help of Perturbation technique. An approximated solution for velocity, skin friction, temperature and Nusselt number are obtained. The effects of various non-dimensional parameters on velocity profile, skin friction and Nusselt number are shown graphically.
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