A numerical approach to micropolar Jeffrey fluid flow over linearly stretching sheet is applied. The medium is taken porous in which sheet is stretching linearly. The governing equations of the problem are converted into similarity variables using suitable similarity transformation. The equations thus obtained are solved numerically by in built technique bvp4c in MATLAB. The influences of various pertinent parameters like micro-coupling parameter, Deborah number, Magnetic field parameter, Spin gradient viscosity parameter, Micro-inertia density parameter, Heat generation parameter, Lewis number, Prandtl number and Porosity parameter are depicted graphically.
Key words: Micropolar fluid, Heat generation, Jeffrey fluid, Magnetohydrodynamic, Porous medium, heat generation.
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