Abstract
Main objective of present analysis is to study the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nonlinear convective flow of thixotropic nanofluid. Flow is due to nonlinear stretching surface with variable thickness. Nonlinear thermal radiation and heat generation/absorption are utilized in the energy expression. Convective conditions and zero mass flux at sheet are considered. Intention in present analysis is to develop a model for nanomaterial comprising Brownian motion and thermophoresis phenomena. Appropriate transformations are implemented for the conversion of partial differential systems into a sets of ordinary differential equations. The transformed expressions have been scrutinized through homotopic algorithm. Behavior of various sundry variables on velocity, temperature, nanoparticle concentration, skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt number are displayed through graphs. It is concluded that qualitative behaviors of temperature and thermal layer thickness are similar for radiation and temperature ratio variables. Moreover an enhancement in heat generation/absorption show rise to thermal field.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 267-276 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physica B: Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 537 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 May 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Heat generation/absorption
- Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
- Nonlinear convection
- Nonlinear thermal radiation
- Thixotropic nanofluid
- Variable thickness sheet
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