Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences
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Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences


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Volume 5, Issue 2


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October 15, 2020


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MHD 3-dimensional nanofluid flow induced by a power-law stretching sheet with thermal radiation, heat and mass fluxes

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Authors

Sudipta Ghosh Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, Burdwan 713104, India
, Swati Mukhopadhyay Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, Burdwan 713104, India
and Kuppalapalle Vajravelu Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, FL 32816-1364, Orlando, USA


Abstract

In this article, the three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamics flow of a nanofluid over a horizontal non-linearly stretching sheet in bilateral directions under boundary layer approximation is addressed. A two-phase model has been used for the nanofluid. The influences of thermophoresis, Brownian motion and thermal radiation on heat and mass transfers are considered. Two different cases for the heat and mass transfers are studied. In the first case, uniform wall temperature and zero nanoparticles flux due to thermophoresis are considered. In the second case, prescribed heat and mass fluxes at the boundary are considered. By using the appropriate transformations, a system of non-linear partial differential equations along with the boundary conditions is transformed into coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions of the self-similar equations are obtained using a Runge–Kutta method with a shooting technique. Our results for special cases are compared with the available results in the literature, and the results are found to be in good agreement. It is observed that the pertaining parameters have significant effects on the characteristics of flow, heat and mass transfer. The results are presented and discussed in detail through illustrations.


Keywords

nanofluid, thermophoresis, Brownian motion, thermal radiation, power-law index, 76D10, 65L10, 35Q79


Citation

Ghosh, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Vajravelu, K. (2020). MHD 3-dimensional nanofluid flow induced by a power-law stretching sheet with thermal radiation, heat and mass fluxes. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2020.2.00036

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