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Numerical study for nanofluid flow due to a nonlinear curved stretching surface with convective heat and mass conditions

  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University

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Abstract

This article presents the simultaneous effects of convective heat and mass conditions in boundary-layer flow of nanoliquid due to a nonlinear curved stretching surface. A nonlinear curved stretching surface is used to generate the flow. Thermophoretic diffusion and random motion features are also incorporated. Convective heat and mass conditions are imposed at boundary. Suitable variables are utilized to convert the nonlinear partial differential system into nonlinear ordinary differential system. The obtained nonlinear systems are solved numerically through shooting technique. Plots are displayed in order to explore the role of physical flow variables on the solutions. The skin-friction coefficient and local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are computed and examined. Our findings indicate that the local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are reduced for larger values of thermophoresis parameter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3100-3106
Number of pages7
JournalResults in Physics
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Convective heat and mass conditions
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nonlinear curved stretching surface
  • Numerical solution

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