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Joule heating, activation energy and modified diffusion analysis for 3D slip flow of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid with gyrotactic microorganisms

  • Yu Ming Chu
  • , Hassan Waqas
  • , Sajjad Hussain
  • , Sumeira Yasmein
  • , Sami Ullah Khan
  • , M. Ijaz Khan
  • , S. Kadry
  • Huzhou University
  • Changsha University of Science and Technology
  • Government College University Faisalabad
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • Riphah International University
  • Beirut Arab University

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Abstract

Current communication aims to examine the novel thermal consequences of thermal radiation, Joule heating and activation energy in bioconvection flow of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid. The flow is developed by a three-dimensional (3D) extending surface in presence of porous space. The heat and mass transfer inspection in non-Newtonian fluid flow is inspected in laws of modified flux relations. The Brownian movement and thermophoresis diffusions are also accounted for current analysis. The governing formulated frameworks are simplified by appropriate similarity transformations. A familiar shooting scheme for obtaining the numerical outcomes to the nonlinear system is carried out. The graphical results are obtained with the aid of shooting technique. Flow of fluid, thermal field, concentration of species and microorganism's field are conducted for tangent hyperbolic fluid. Furthermore, the significance of various noteworthy variables on velocity field, thermal field, solutal field of nanomaterials, microorganisms' profile, local skin friction coefficients, local heat flux rate, local Sherwood number and local microorganisms density number is scrutinized in graphical and tabular structure. The importance of current model is in the field of nanotechnology and bioengineering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2150278
JournalModern Physics Letters B
Volume35
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cattaneo-Christov double diffusion theory
  • Hyperbolic tangent nanofluid
  • bioconvection
  • shooting scheme

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