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19 Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din, Sheikh Irfanullah Khan 85
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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, HITEC University Taxila Cantt, Pakistan
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25 Article history: This is a reply to a recently published comment [1] on our paper [4]. 91
26 Received 18 October 2016 2016 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. 92
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In the momentum equation (equation (2) in [4] and equation associated to Lorentz force after some mathematical simplication
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(1) in [1]), the parameter divided by the term B 2 (t ) u is a is given as
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typing error. The correct equation is given as follows
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u u u which is a dimensionless number, where is the electrical con-
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t r z ductivity, B 0 is the strength of magnetic eld and is the dynamic
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= + + + The temperature difference term w = TTw , where T w > T h can
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r r2 r r r2 z2 h
be simplied using the similarity transformation given in equa-
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41 B 2 (t ) u , (1) tion (7) of the original paper [4]. 107
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where is the uids density, t is the time, u and w are the com-
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ponents of velocity in r and z directions, is non-dimensional
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Casson uid parameter, p is the dimensional pressure and is the
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dynamic viscosity. When we deal with MHD, the conductivity of
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the uid is assumed to be very large and therefore the uid is con-
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sidered to be perfectly conducting. In the above equation and the authors is a little bit harsh. We hope that the doubts raised by
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original paper, the uid is fully ionized and represents the elec- prof. A. Pantokratoras [1] are claried now.
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trical conductivity of the uid. Therefore, the momentum equation
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is correct, see references [2,3]. References
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For the magnetic eld we have used the transformation
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[1] A. Pantokratoras, Comment on the paper Nonlinear radiation effects on squeez-
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56 which is dened properly in equation (7) of the original paper [4], [2] T. Hayat, A. Yousaf, M. Mustafa, S. Asghar, Inuence of heat transfer in the 122
57 see references [2,3]. Since magnetic eld is applied normal to the squeezing ow between parallel disks, Chem. Eng. Commun. 199 (8) (2012) 123
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1at [3] D.D. Ganji, M. Abbasi, J. Rahimi, M. Gholami, I. Rahimipetroudi, On the MHD
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squeeze ow between two parallel disks with suction or injection via HAM and
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61 [4] S.T. Mohyud-Din, Sheikh Irfanullah Khan, Nonlinear radiation effects on squeez- 127
DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2015.10.019.
62 ing ow of a Casson uid between parallel disks, Aerosp. Sci. Technol. 48 (2016) 128
DOI of comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2016.08.034.
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