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Mechanical analysis of non-Newtonian nanofluid past a thin needle with dipole effect and entropic characteristics

Muhammad Ramzan, Noor Saeed Khan, Poom Kumam

2021Scientific Reports40 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The study concerns with the mechanical characteristics of heat and mass transfer flow of a second grade nanofluid as well as gyrotatic microorganism motion past a thin needle with dipole effect, entropy generation, thermal radiation, Arrhenius activation energy and binar chemical reaction. The governing equations and boundary conditions are simplified by the use of suitable similarity transformations. Homotopy analysis method is implemented to obtain the series solution of non-linear ordinary differential equations. Physical behaviors of heat and mass transfer flow with gyrotatic microorganisms and entropy generation are investigated through the embedded parameters. The nanofluid velocity is enhanced for higher values of the ferromagnetic parameter, local Grashof number, bioconvection Rayleigh number and radiation parameter. The Reynolds number, radiation parameter and Eckert number decrease the nanofluid temperature. The entropy generation is increased with the enhancement of radiation parameter, Eckert number, Lewis number, temperature difference parameter, dimensionless constant parameter, Curie temperature, Prandtl number and concentration difference parameter.

Topics & Concepts

Eckert numberNanofluidPrandtl numberLewis numberGrashof numberNusselt numberThermodynamicsSchmidt numberMaterials scienceRayleigh numberHeat transferMechanicsReynolds numberPhysicsMass transferNatural convectionTurbulenceNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer MechanismsHeat Transfer and Optimization