Exact Solutions for an MHD Generalized Burgers fluid: Stokes' Second Problem

Abstract

This paper offers the exact analytical solutions for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of an incompressible generalized Burgers fluid corresponding to the second problem of Stokes in the presence of the transverse magnetic field. Modified Darcy's law has been taken into account. The expression for the velocity field and associated tangential stress, presented as a sum of the steady-state and transient solutions, are obtained by means of the integral transforms. Moreover, several figures are plotted to investigate the effects of various emerging parameters on the velocity field. The obtained results show that the magnitude of the velocity and boundary layer thickness significantly reduce in the presence of magnetic field.