Effects of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions in flow of nanofluids over a nonlinear stretching surface with variable surface thickness

2016 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 1121-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasawar Hayat ◽  
Zakir Hussain ◽  
Taseer Muhammad ◽  
Ahmed Alsaedi
Chemosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 608-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Qi ◽  
Xinglong Pang ◽  
Yi Hong ◽  
Yaliang Wang ◽  
Shengrong Lou ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Xu

An investigation is made to study the Blasius flow of a nanofluid in the presence of homogeneous–heterogeneous chemical reactions. Here, the diffusion coefficients of the reactant and autocatalyst are considered to be in comparable sizes. The Buongiorno's mathematical model is applied in describing the behavior of nanofluids. Multiple solutions of the steady-state system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are obtained. Results show that nanofluids significantly participate in the transport mechanism of the homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions, which play different roles in the procedures of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 387 ◽  
pp. 260-272
Author(s):  
Christian John Etwire ◽  
Ibrahim Yakubu Seini ◽  
Rabiu Musah ◽  
Oluwole Daniel Makinde

The effect of variable heat source on viscoelastic fluid of CuO-oil based nanofluid over a porous nonlinear stretching surface is analyzed. The problem was modelled in the form of partial differential equations and transformed into a coupled fourth order ordinary differential equations by similarity techniques. It was further reduced to a system of first order ordinary differential equations and solved numerically using the fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm with a shooting method. The results for various controlling parameters have been tabulated and the flow profiles graphically illustrated. The study revealed that the viscoelastic parameter has a decreasing effect on the magnitude of both the skin friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer from the surface. It enhanced the momentum boundary layer thickness whilst adversely affecting the thermal boundary layer thickness.


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