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Radiative Maxwell fluid flow with variable thermal conductivity due to a stretching surface in a porous medium

  • S. A. Shehzad
  • , M. Qasim
  • , A. Alsaedi
  • , T. Hayat
  • , F. Alsaadi
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  • Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University

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Abstract

This research examines the thermal radiation effects on the steady flow of Maxwell fluid over a nonisothermal stretched surface. An incompressible fluid fills the semi-infinite porous medium. The thermal conductivity is taken in a time-dependent fashion. Boundary layer approximations are used for the momentum and energy equations. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations by employing a similarity transformation. The solutions of velocity and temperature are presented by using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The variations of various interesting embedded parameters of velocity and temperature are displayed and discussed. The values of the local Nusselt number have been compared to the existing numerical solution in a limited sense.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Maxwell fluid
  • Nonisothermal stretching surface
  • Thermal radiation
  • Variable thermal conductivity

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