Thermal performance of a longitudinal fin under the influence of magnetic field using Sumudu transform method with pade approximant (STM‐PA)
Ganeshappa Sowmya, R. S. Varun Kumar, J. Madhu, Yasmeen Banu
Abstract
Abstract Temperature distribution, and efficiency of a rectangular profiled longitudinal fin are examined in this investigation with the impact of the magnetic field. By exploiting appropriate non‐dimensional terms, the heat transfer equation incorporating temperature‐dependent thermal conductivity, heat transfer coefficient, and Maxwell expression for the effect of the magnetic field yield a dimensionless nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) with corresponding boundary conditions (BCs). Sumudu transform method with Pade approximant (STM‐PA) has been employed to obtain an analytical solution for the temperature profile of a longitudinal rectangular fin subjected to a uniform magnetic field under multi‐boiling heat transfer. The STM‐PA results are compared to the Runge‐Kutta Fehlberg's fourth‐fifth (RKF‐45) order technique for computational verification and are observed to be in good accordance. The behavior of dimensionless temperature profile has been explicated graphically for diverse values of non‐dimensional parameters such as thermal conductivity parameter, Hartmann number, and thermogeometric parameter. The results of this study show that as the thermal conductivity parameter enriches, the temperature profile of the longitudinal fin improves, whereas it declines for the Hartmann number and thermogeometric parameter. Under multi‐boiling heat transference, fin efficiency varies significantly depending on the impact of pertinent variables.