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Mixed convection flow of casson nanofluid over a stretching sheet with convectively heated chemical reaction and heat source/sink

  • T. Hayat
  • , M. Bilal Ashraf
  • , S. A. Shehzad
  • , A. Alsaedi
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  • COMSATS University Islamabad

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Abstract

The present study addresses the mixed convection flow of non-Newtonian nanofluid over a stretching surface in presence of thermal radiation, heat source/sink and first order chemical reaction. Casson fluid model is adopted in the present study. Magnetic field contribution is incorporated in the momentum equation whereas the aspects of nanoparticles are considered in the energy and concentration equations. Convective boundary conditions for both heat and mass transfer are utilized. Similarity transformations are employed to reduce the partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations. Series solutions of the resulting problem are obtained. Impacts of all the physical parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are analyzed graphically. Numerical values of different involved parameters for local skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are obtained and discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)803-813
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Casson nanofluid
  • Chemical reaction
  • Heat source/sink
  • Magnetic field
  • Mixed convection flow
  • Thermal radiation

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