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104
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<TITLE>
similar solutions of a free convection boundary layer
equation for an electrically conducting fluid .
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<AUTHOR>
reeves,b.l.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
a.r.s. jnl. 31, 1961, 517.
</BIBLIO>
<TEXT>
  author investigates the existence of a class of similar solutions
for free convection from a vertical flat plate, such as are known for
free convection in a nonconducting fluid .  the magnetic field acts
transversely to the fluid motion and is assumed to remain constant
in the direction perpendicular to the plate .  this introduces into
the momentum equation a retarding force which is a function only
of x, the distance along the plate length .  for similarity it is
found that the magnetic inductance must vary as .  if
the plate temperature is constant .  if n = 0, the magnetic inductance
is constant while the plate temperature increases linearly
with x .
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