Open AccessThe Effect of Heat Transfer on MHD Marangoni Boundary Layer Flow Past a Flat Plate in Nanofluid
Author(s) -
D. R. V. S. R. K. Sastry,
A. S. N. Murti,
T. Poorna Kantha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of engineering mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2356-7007
pISSN - 2314-6109
DOI - 10.1155/2013/581507
Subject(s) - nanofluid , marangoni effect , heat transfer , prandtl number , boundary layer , mechanics , similarity solution , partial differential equation , ordinary differential equation , shooting method , flow (mathematics) , materials science , convective heat transfer , thermodynamics , boundary value problem , physics , convection , differential equation , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The problem of heat transfer on the Marangoni convection boundary layer flow in an electrically conducting nanofluid is studied. Similarity transformations are used to transform the set of governing partial differential equations of the flow into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions of the similarity equations are then solved through the MATLAB “bvp4c” function. Different nanoparticles like Cu, Al2O3, and TiO2 are taken into consideration with water as base fluid. The velocity and temperature profiles are shown in graphs. Also the effects of the Prandtl number and solid volume fraction on heat transfer are discussed
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