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Analysis of thixotropic nanomaterial in a doubly stratified medium considering magnetic field effects

  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University

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Abstract

Here characteristics of double stratification in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow of thixotropic nanofluid in presence of mixed convection are reported. Heat generation/absorption, Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects are also present. Dimensional nonlinear equations are converted into dimensionless expressions by employing suitable transformations. Homotopic procedure is implemented to solve the governing dimensionless problems. The variations in dimensionless temperature and nanoparticle concentration profiles corresponding to multiple values of physical parameters are shown and analyzed through graphs. Numerical values of local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are tabulated and interpreted for several values of sundry parameters. It is found that thermal and concentration stratified parameters result in the reduction of temperature and concentration distributions respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1123-1129
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume102
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Double stratification
  • Heat generation/absorption
  • Magnetic field
  • Mixed convection
  • Thixotropic nanomaterial

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