scholarly journals B-SPLINE COLLOCATION SIMULATION OF NON-LINEAR TRANSIENT MAGNETIC NANOBIO-TRIBOLOGICAL SQUEEZE-FILM FLOW

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850007 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. ANWAR BÉG ◽  
AYESHA SOHAIL ◽  
ALI KADIR ◽  
T. A. BÉG
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Motion Parameter ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
Spline Collocation ◽  
B Spline ◽  
Lubrication Performance ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Brownian Motion Parameter

A mathematical model is presented for magnetized nanofluid bio-tribological squeeze-film flow between two approaching disks. The nanofluid comprises a suspension of metal oxide nanoparticles with an electrically-conducting base fluid, making the nanosuspension responsive to applied magnetic field. The governing viscous momentum, heat and species (nanoparticle) conservation equations are normalized with appropriate transformations which renders the original coupled, non-linear partial differential equation system into a more amenable ordinary differential boundary value problem. The emerging model is shown to be controlled by a number of parameters, viz nanoparticle volume fraction, squeeze number, Hartmann magnetic body force number, disk surface transpiration parameter, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoretic parameter, Prandtl number and Lewis number. Computations are conducted with a B-spline collocation numerical method. Validation with previous homotopy solutions is included. The numerical spline algorithm is shown to achieve excellent convergence and stability in non-linear bio-tribological boundary value problems. The interaction of heat and mass transfer with nanofluid velocity characteristics is explored. In particular, smaller nanoparticle (high Brownian motion parameter) suspensions are studied. The study is relevant to enhanced lubrication performance in novel bio-sensors and intelligent knee joint (orthopaedic) systems.

Numerical study of Carreau nanofluid flow past vertical plate with the Cattaneo–Christov heat flux model

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 702-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasu B. ◽  
Atul Kumar Ray
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Weissenberg Number ◽  
Motion Parameter ◽  
Conduction Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Carreau Nanofluid ◽  
Flux Model ◽  
Heat Flux Model ◽  
Brownian Motion Parameter

PurposeTo achieve material-invariant formulation for heat transfer of Carreau nanofluid, the effect of Cattaneo–Christov heat flux is studied on a natural convective flow of Carreau nanofluid past a vertical plate with the periodic variations of surface temperature and the concentration of species. Buongiorno model is considered for nanofluid transport, which includes the relative slip mechanisms, Brownian motion and thermophoresis.Design/methodology/approachThe governing equations are non-dimensionalized using suitable transformations, further reduced to non-similar form using stream function formulation and solved by local non-similarity method with homotopy analysis method. The numerical computations are validated and verified by comparing with earlier published results and are found to be in good agreement.FindingsThe effects of varying the physical parameters such as Prandtl number, Schmidt number, Weissenberg number, thermophoresis parameter, Brownian motion parameter and buoyancy ratio parameter on velocity, temperature and species concentration are discussed and presented through graphs. The results explored that the velocity of shear thinning fluid is raised by increasing the Weissenberg number, while contrary response is seen for the shear thickening fluid. It is also found that heat transfer in Cattaneo–Christov heat conduction model is less than that in Fourier’s heat conduction model. Furthermore, the temperature and thermal boundary layer thickness expand with the increase in thermophoresis and Brownian motion parameter, whereas nanoparticle volume fraction increases with increase in thermophoresis parameter, but reverse trend is observed with increase in Brownian motion parameter.Originality/valueThe present investigation is relatively original as very little research has been reported on Carreau nanofluids under the effect of Cattaneo–Christov heat flux model.

scholarly journals MHD three dimensional flow of Oldroyd-B nanofluid over a bidirectional stretching sheet: DTM-Padé Solution

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 744-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Gupta ◽  
Sandeep Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Deborah Number ◽  
Motion Parameter ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Brownian Motion Parameter

Abstract Current article is devoted with the study of MHD 3D flow of Oldroyd B type nanofluid induced by bi-directional stretching sheet. Expertise similarity transformation is confined to reduce the governing partial differential equations into ordinary nonlinear differential equations. These dimensionless equations are then solved by the Differential Transform Method combined with the Padé approximation (DTM-Padé). Dealings of the arising physical parameters namely the Deborah numbers β1 and β2, Prandtl number Pr, Brownian motion parameter Nb and thermophoresis parameter Nt on the fluid velocity, temperature and concentration profile are depicted through graphs. Also a comparative study between DTM and numerical method are presented by graph and other semi-analytical techniques through tables. It is envisage that the velocity profile declines with rising magnetic factor, temperature profile increases with magnetic parameter, Deborah number of first kind and Brownian motion parameter while decreases with Deborah number of second kind and Prandtl number. A comparative study also visualizes comparative study in details.

scholarly journals Entropy Analysis in Double-Diffusive Convection in Nanofluids through Electro-osmotically Induced Peristaltic Microchannel

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen ◽  
Waheed ◽  
Hussanan ◽  
Lu
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Motion Parameter ◽  
Bejan Number ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Grashof Number ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Double Diffusive ◽  
Brownian Motion Parameter

A theoretical study is presented to examine entropy generation in double-diffusive convection in an Electro-osmotic flow (EOF) of nanofluids via a peristaltic microchannel. Buoyancy effects due to change in temperature, solute concentration and nanoparticle volume fraction are also considered. This study was performed under lubrication and Debye-Hückel linearization approximation. The governing equations are solved exactly. The effect of dominant hydrodynamic parameters (thermophoresis, Brownian motion, Soret and Dufour), Grashof numbers (thermal, concentration and nanoparticle) and electro-osmotic parameters on double-diffusive convective flow are discussed. Moreover, trapping, pumping, entropy generation number, Bejan number and heat transfer rate were also examined under the influence of pertinent parameters such as the thermophoresis parameter, the Brownian motion parameter, the Soret parameter, the Dufour parameter, the thermal Grashof number, the solutal Grashof number, the nanoparticle Grashof number, the electro-osmotic parameter and Helmholtz–Smoluchowski velocity. The electro-osmotic parameter powerfully affected the velocity profile. The magnitude of total entropy generation increased as the thermophoresis parameter and Brownian motion parameter increased. Soret and the Dufour parameter had a strong tendency to control the temperature profile and Bejan number. The findings of the present analysis can be used in clinical purposes such as cell therapy, drug delivery systems, pharmaco-dynamic pumps and particles filtration.

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