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Thermal radiation and heat generation/absorption aspects in third grade magneto-nanofluid over a slendering stretching sheet with Newtonian conditions

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

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Abstract

Mathematical modeling for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) radiative flow of third grade nano-material bounded by a nonlinear stretching sheet with variable thickness is introduced. The sheet moves with nonlinear velocity. Definitions of thermal radiation and heat generation/absorption are utilized in the energy expression. Intention in present investigation is to develop a model for nanomaterial comprising Brownian motion and thermophoresis phenomena. Newtonian conditions for heat and mass species are imposed. Governing equations of the locally similar flow are attempted through a homotopic technique and behaviors of involved variables on the flow fields are displayed graphically. It is revealed that increasing values of thermal conjugate variable corresponds to high temperature. Numerical investigation are explored to obtain the results of skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers. It is revealed that velocity field reduces in the frame of magnetic variable while reverse situation is observed due to mixed convection parameter. Here qualitative behaviors of thermal field and heat transfer rate are opposite for thermophoresis variable. Moreover nanoparticle concentration and local Sherwood number via Brownian motion parameter are opposite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-149
Number of pages11
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume537
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heat generation/absorption
  • Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
  • Mixed convection
  • Newtonian conditions
  • Thermal radiation
  • Third grade nanofluid

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