Sains Malaysiana 47(11)(2018): 2907–2916 
              http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4711-34 
                
               
              MHD Stagnation-Point Flow over a Stretching/Shrinking 
                Sheet in a Micropolar Fluid with a Slip Boundary
              (Aliran Titik Genangan MHD terhadap 
                Lembaran Meregang/Mengecut dalam Bendalir Mikrokutub dengan Gelinciran 
                Sempadan)
               
              SITI KHUZAIMAH 
                SOID1, 
                ANUAR 
                ISHAK2* 
                & IOAN POP3
               
              1Faculty 
                of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 
                UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
               
              2School 
                of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti 
                Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
               
              3Department 
                of Mathematics, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, 
                Romania
               
              Diserahkan: 15 Januari 2018/Diterima: 20 Julai 
                2018
               
              ABSTRACT
              The problem of stagnation point 
                flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet immersed in a micropolar 
                fluid is analyzed numerically. The governing partial differential 
                equations are transformed into a system of ordinary (similarity) 
                differential equation and are then solved numerically using the 
                boundary value problem solver (bvp4c) in Matlab software. The 
                effects of various parameters on the velocity and the angular 
                velocity as well as the skin friction coefficient and the couple 
                stress are shown in tables and graphs. The noticeable results 
                are found that the micropolar and the slip parameters decrease 
                the skin friction coefficient and the couple stress in the existence 
                of magnetic field. Dual solutions appear for certain range of 
                the shrinking strength. A stability analysis is performed to determine 
                which one of the solutions is stable. Practical applications include 
                polymer extrusion, where one deals with stretching of plastic 
                sheets and in metallurgy that involves the cooling of continuous 
                strips.
               
              Keywords: Micropolar 
                fluid; stability analysis; stagnation point flow; stretching/shrinking 
                
               
              ABSTRAK
              Masalah aliran titik genangan 
                di atas lembaran meregang/mengecut yang direndam dalam bendalir 
                mikrokutub dianalisis secara berangka. Persamaan menakluk pembezaan 
                separa dijelmakan menjadi sistem persamaan pembezaan biasa (keserupaan) 
                dan kemudian diselesaikan secara berangka menggunakan penyelesai 
                masalah nilai sempadan (bvp4c) dalam perisian Matlab. Kesan pelbagai 
                parameter terhadap profil halaju dan halaju sudut serta pekali 
                geseran kulit dan tegasan kupel ditunjukkan dalam jadual dan graf. 
                Hasil yang ketara didapati bahawa parameter mikrokutub dan gelinciran 
                menurunkan pekali geseran kulit dan tegasan kupel dengan kehadiran 
                medan magnet. Penyelesaian dual diperoleh untuk kekuatan tertentu 
                regangan. Analisis kestabilan dilakukan untuk menentukan penyelesaian 
                mana yang stabil antara dua penyelesaian yang diperoleh ini. Aplikasi 
                praktikal termasuk penyemperitan polimer dengan peregangan lembaran 
                plastik dan metalurgi yang melibatkan penyejukan jalur berterusan.
               
              Kata kunci: Aliran titik genangan; analisis kestabilan; bendalir 
                mikrokutub; meregang/mengecut
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