Hydromagnetic boundary layer flow past a stretching porous plate and heat transfer

441-444<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:arial;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:="" en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">The effect of magnetic field on the flow past a stretching porous plate in a stationary fluid and heat transfer has been analyzed. The governing boundary layer equations have been reduced to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation. These ordinary differential equations have been solved for velocity field and temperature distribution. The temperature profile has been further analyzed for large Prandtl number using asymptotic expansion. The influence of suction parameter on temperature field and the Nusselt number has been also studied graphically.