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Effectiveness of improved Fourier-Fick laws in a stratified non-Newtonian fluid with variable fluid characteristics

  • Muhammad Waqas
  • , Saira Naz
  • , Tasawar Hayat
  • , Sabir Ali Shehzad
  • , Ahmed Alsaedi
  • National University of Technology
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • King Abdulaziz University

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of improved Fourier–Fick laws subjected to variable fluid characteristics. Flow analysis in the stagnation region of Oldroyd-B fluid is elaborated. Heat generation is present. Design/methodology/approach: Optimal homotopy analysis method is used to obtain convergent solutions. Findings: The outcomes reveal reduction in penetration depths of temperature and concentration due to involvement of thermal and solutal relaxation times of fluxes. Originality/value: As per the authors’ knowledge, such analysis has not yet been reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2128-2145
Number of pages18
JournalInternational Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Concentration dependent diffusivity
  • Heat generation
  • Non-Fourier and Fick double diffusion
  • Oldroyd-B liquid
  • Stratified flow
  • Temperature dependent conductivity

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