Open AccessFinite Element Analysis of Thermo-Diffusion and Multi-Slip Effects on MHD Unsteady Flow of Casson Nano-Fluid over a Shrinking/Stretching Sheet with Radiation and Heat Source
Author(s) -
Liaqat Ali,
Xiaomin Liu,
Bagh Ali,
Saima Mujeed,
Sohaib Abdal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 52
ISSN - 2076-3417
DOI - 10.3390/app9235217
Subject(s) - nusselt number , sherwood number , mechanics , magnetohydrodynamic drive , finite element method , materials science , porous medium , partial differential equation , parasitic drag , heat transfer , magnetohydrodynamics , thermodynamics , boundary layer , physics , mathematics , porosity , reynolds number , mathematical analysis , composite material , turbulence , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
In this article, we probe the multiple-slip effects on magnetohydrodynamic unsteady Casson nano-fluid flow over a penetrable stretching sheet, sheet entrenched in a porous medium with thermo-diffusion effect, and injection/suction in the presence of heat source. The flow is engendered due to the unsteady time-dependent stretching sheet retained inside the porous medium. The leading non-linear partial differential equations are transmuted in the system of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using appropriate transformations, then the transformed equations are solved by using the variational finite element method numerically. The velocity, temperature, solutal concentration, and nano-particles concentration, as well as the rate of heat transfer, the skin friction coefficient, and Sherwood number for solutal concentration, are presented for several physical parameters. Next, the effects of these various physical parameters are conferred with graphs and tables. The exact values of flow velocity, skin friction, and Nusselt number are compared with a numerical solution acquired with the finite element method (FEM), and also with numerical results accessible in literature. In the end, we rationalize the convergence of the finite element numerical solution, and the calculations are carried out by reducing the mesh size.