Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Outcome of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions in Darcy-Forchheimer flow with nonlinear thermal radiation and convective condition

  • T. Hayat
  • , Faisal Shah
  • , A. Alsaedi
  • , Zakir Hussain
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

24 Scopus citations

Abstract

The present analysis aims to report the consequences of nonlinear radiation, convective condition and heterogeneous-homogeneous reactions in Darcy-Forchheimer flow over a non-linear stretching sheet with variable thickness. Non-uniform magnetic field and nonuniform heat generation/absorption are accounted. The governing boundary layer partial differential equations are converted into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The computations are organized and the effects of physical variables such as thickness parameter, power index, Hartman number, inertia and porous parameters, radiation parameter, Biot number, Prandtl number, ratio parameter, heat generation parameter and homogeneous-heterogeneous reaction parameter are investigated. The variations of skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number for different interesting variables are plotted and discussed. It is noticed that Biot number and heat generation variable lead to enhance the temperature distribution. The solutal boundary layer thickness decreases for larger homogeneous variable while reverse trend is seen for heterogeneous reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2497-2505
Number of pages9
JournalResults in Physics
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Convective condition
  • Darcy-Forchheimer flow
  • Heat generation/absorption
  • Homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions
  • Nonlinear radiation
  • Power-law surface velocity
  • Variable sheet thickness

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Outcome of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions in Darcy-Forchheimer flow with nonlinear thermal radiation and convective condition'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this