Thermodynamic Analysis of Variable Viscosity MHD Unsteady Generalized Couette Flow with Permeable Walls

The thermodynamic first and second law analyses of a temperature dependent viscosity hydromagnetic generalized unsteady Couette flow with permeable walls is investigated. The transient model problem for momentum and energy balance is tackled numerically using a semi-discretization method while the steady state boundary value problem is solved by shooting method together with Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg integration scheme. The velocity and the temperature profiles are obtained and are utilized to compute the skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number, entropy generation rate and the Bejan number. Pertinent results are presented graphically and discussed quantitatively.