Unsteady Boundary Layer Flow of Nanofluid Past an Impulsively Stretching Sheet

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mustafa ◽  
T. Hayat ◽  
A. Alsaedi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Nanoparticles Concentration ◽  
Motion Effect ◽  
Nanoparticles Volume Fraction ◽  
Layer Flow

AbstractThe unsteady laminar boundary layer flow of nanofluid caused by a linearly stretching sheet is considered. Transport equations contain the simultaneous effects of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles. The relevant partial differential equations are non-dimensionalized and transformed into similar forms by using appropriate similarity transformations. The uniformly valid explicit expressions of velocity, temperature and nanoparticles volume fraction are derived. Convergence of the series solutions is carefully analyzed. It is observed that an increase in the strength of Brownian motion effect rises the temperature appreciably. However rate of heat transfer and nanoparticles concentration at the sheet is reduced when Brownian motion effect intensifies. It is also found that the temperature and nanoparticles concentration are increasing functions of the unsteady parameter.

scholarly journals The Effect of Heat Transfer on MHD Marangoni Boundary Layer Flow Past a Flat Plate in Nanofluid

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. V. S. R. K. Sastry ◽  
A. S. N. Murti ◽  
T. Poorna Kantha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Solid Volume Fraction ◽  
Convection Boundary Layer ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Layer Flow

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.

scholarly journals Influence of Magnetohydrodynamic and Thermal Radiation Boundary Layer Flow of a Nanofluid Past a Stretching Sheet

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Velocity Slip ◽  
Heat Radiation ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Layer Flow

The problem of laminar fluid flow which results from a permeable stretching of a flat surface in a nanofluid with the effects of heat radiation, magnetic field, velocity slip and convective boundary conditions have been investigated. The transport equations used in the analysis took into account the effect of Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters. The solution for the velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration depends on parameters viz. thermal radiation parameter R, magnetic parameter M, Prandtl number Pr, Lewis number Le, Brownian motion parameter Nb, thermophoresis parameter Nt, velocity slip parameter A convection and Biot numbe Bi. Similarity transformation is used to convert the governing non-linear boundary-layer equations into coupled higher order non-linear ordinary differential equations. These equations are numerically solved using fourth order Runge-Kutta method along with shooting technique. An analysis has been carried out to elucidate the effects of governing parameters corresponding to various physical conditions. Numerical results are obtained for distributions of velocity, temperature and concentration, as well as, for the skin friction, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number for several values of governing parameters. Keywords: Nanofluid, Boundary layer flow; Stretching sheet; Thermal radiation; MHD; Velocity slip; Convective boundary. © 2014 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v6i2.17233 J. Sci. Res. 6 (2), 257-272 (2014)  

scholarly journals Lie Group Analysis on Brownian Motion and Thermophoresis Effect on Free Convective Boundary-Layer Flow on a Vertical Cylinder Embedded in a Nanofluid-Saturated Porous Medium

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ferdows ◽  
Mohammed Abdul Ali Hamad ◽  
Mohamed Ali
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Convective Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Layer Flow

Natural convective boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid on a heated vertical cylinder embedded in a nanofluid-saturated porous medium is studied. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. Lie groups analysis is used to get the similarity transformations, which transform the governing partial differential equations to a system of ordinary differential equations. Two groups of similarity transformations are obtained. Numerical solutions of the resulting ordinary differential systems are obtained and discussed for various values of the governing parameters.

The effects of Coriolis force and radial stretch on the convective instability characteristics of the Bödewadt flow

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110071
Author(s):  
Dip Mukherjee ◽  
Bikash Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Coriolis Force ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Convective Instability ◽  
Type I ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Instability Modes ◽  
Neutral Curves ◽  
Lower Disk ◽  
Layer Flow

The Bödewadt boundary-layer flow is induced by the rotation of a viscous fluid rotating with a constant angular velocity over a stationary disk. In this paper, the Bödewadt boundary-layer flow has been studied in the presence of the Coriolis force to observe the effect of radial stretch of the lower disk on the flow. For the first time in the literature, a numerical investigation of the effects of both stretching mechanism and the Coriolis force on the flow behaviour and on the convective instability characteristics of the above flow has been carried out. In this paper, the Kármán similarity transformations have been considered in order to convert the system of PDEs representing the momentum equations of the flow into a system of highly non-linear coupled ODEs and solved numerically to obtain the velocity profiles of the Bödewadt flow. Then, a convective instability analysis has been performed by using the Chebyshev collocation method in order to obtain the neutral curves. From the neutral curves it is observed that radial stretch has a globally stabilising effect on both the inviscid Type-I and the viscous Type-II instability modes. This underlying physical phenomena has been verified by performing an energy analysis of the flow. The results obtained excellently supports the previous works and will be prominently treated as a benchmark for our future studies.

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