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Falkner-Skan time-dependent bioconvrction flow of cross nanofluid with nonlinear thermal radiation, activation energy and melting process

  • Hassan Waqas
  • , Shan Ali Khan
  • , Sami Ullah Khan
  • , M. Ijaz Khan
  • , Seifedine Kadry
  • , Yu Ming Chu
  • Government College University Faisalabad
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • Riphah International University
  • Beirut Arab University
  • Huzhou University
  • Changsha University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Owing to the dyanamic applications of nanoparticles in various bio-medical and engineering apllications like cancertheropy, microelectronics, energy storage devices, cooling and heating processes, the researchers have intended their focus toward this topic. On this end, the motivating objective of current communication is to investigate the Falkner-Skan bioconvection flow of cross nanofluid conformist with melting phenomenon over a moving wedge. The impact of activation energy and nonlinear thermal radiation are also addresed. The famous Buongiorno model is utilized for thermophoretic and Brownian asesment analysis. The governing equations for time dependent Falkner-skin flow of cross fluid mathematical models are simplified into a dimensionless coupled system of ordinary differential expressions by applying adequate similarity transformation. The developed subsequent differential system is solved numerically through engaged shooting solver in computational software MATLAB. The graphical analysis against flow parameters has been performed against velocity, nanofluid temperature, conctration profile and gytoractic microorganisms.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105028
JournalInternational Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume120
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Activation energy
  • Cross nanofluid
  • Falkner-skan flow
  • Nonlinear thermal radiation
  • Numerical scheme

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