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Mixed convection flow with non-uniform heat source/sink in a doubly stratified magnetonanofluid
Author(s) -
Khalid Mehmood,
Shafqat Hussain,
Muhammad Sagheer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4955157
Subject(s) - nusselt number , mechanics , sherwood number , nonlinear system , heat sink , thermodynamics , materials science , ordinary differential equation , convection , nanofluid , thermal conductivity , partial differential equation , combined forced and natural convection , sink (geography) , heat flux , heat transfer , natural convection , differential equation , physics , mathematics , turbulence , mathematical analysis , reynolds number , cartography , quantum mechanics , geography
In this study, we explore the unsteady flow of viscous nanofluid driven by an inclined stretching sheet. The novelty of the present study is to account for the effect of a non-uniform heat source/sink in a thermally and solutally stratified magnetonanofluid. Governing system of nonlinear partial differential equations is converted into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Solution of the transformed system is obtained using RK4 method with shooting technique. It is observed that increase in the values of thermal and mass stratification parameter reduce the velocity profile and increase in the values of variable thermal conductivity parameter and non-uniform heat source/sink parameters enhance the temperature distribution. Moreover, skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are discussed. Obtained results are displayed both graphically and in tabular form to illustrate the effect of different parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles. Numerical results are compared with previous published results and found to be in good agreement for special cases of the emerging parameters

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