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Numerical computation of buoyancy and radiation effects on MHD micropolar nanofluid flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet with heat source

Saif Ur Rehman, Amna Mariam, Asmat Ullah, Muhammad Imran Asjad, Mohd Yazid Bajuri, Bruno Antonio Pansera, Ali Ahmadian

2021Case Studies in Thermal Engineering96 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

In this mathematical study, the effect of buoyancy parameters along with radiation on magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) micro-polar nano-fluid flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet is taken into consideration. Suitable similarity variables are used to convert the governing non-linear partial differential equations into a system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations which are then numerically solved by R.K method with shooting scheme. The influence of pertinent parameters on the velocity profile, temperature profile, micro-rotation profile, and concentration profile is investigated. It is founded that the velocity profile is decreased with the increment in the values of M and the opposite behavior is noticed for micro-rotation, thermal, and concentration profiles. It is also founded that an increase in the values of buoyancy parameters causes an increase in velocity profile while micro-rotation, thermal, and concentration profiles are decreased. The results are exposed and discussed through tables and graphs.

Topics & Concepts

BuoyancyNanofluidMechanicsMagnetohydrodynamicsThermal radiationRotation (mathematics)Ordinary differential equationFlow (mathematics)Shooting methodPhysicsPartial differential equationDifferential rotationMaterials scienceHeat transferClassical mechanicsThermodynamicsDifferential equationMagnetic fieldMathematicsGeometryBoundary value problemQuantum mechanicsNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer MechanismsFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows