scholarly journals Oscillatory motion of an electrically conducting viscoelastic fluid over a stretching sheet in a saturated porous medium with suction/blowing

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Rajagopal ◽  
P. H. Veena ◽  
V. K. Pravin
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Oscillatory Motion ◽  
Power Series Method ◽  
Viscoelastic Parameter

The effect of an oscillatory motion of a viscoelastic fluid over an infinite stretching sheet through porous media in the presence of magnetic field with applied suction has been studied. The surface absorbs the fluid in a porous medium in the presence of magnetic field and the velocity oscillates depending on the stretching rate(b). Analytical expressions for the velocity and the coefficient of skin friction have been studied, first by the perturbation method and then by power series method. The effect of viscoelastic parameterk1, porous parameterk2, magnetic parameter Mn, and the vertical distancexin the presence of suction/blowing on the velocity and the flow characteristics are discussed. The velocity of the viscoelastic fluid is found to decrease in the presence of magnetic field and porous media, as compared to the study of viscous fluid. It is also found that the effect of unsteadiness in the wall velocity and skin friction are found to be appreciable in the presence of suction/blowing parameter.

scholarly journals Heat Transfer to MHD Oscillatory Viscoelastic Flow in a Channel Filled with Porous Medium

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Choudhury ◽  
Utpal Jyoti Das
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Radiative Heat ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Viscoelastic Flow ◽  
Viscoelastic Parameter ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The combined effect of a transverse magnetic field and radiative heat transfer on unsteady flow of a conducting optically thin viscoelastic fluid through a channel filled with saturated porous medium and nonuniform walls temperature has been discussed. It is assumed that the fluid has small electrical conductivity and the electromagnetic force produced is very small. Closed-form analytical solutions are constructed for the problem. The effects of the radiation and the magnetic field parameters on velocity profile and shear stress for different values of the viscoelastic parameter with the combination of the other flow parameters are illustrated graphically, and physical aspects of the problem are discussed.

MHD mixed convection stagnation-point flow of a viscoelastic fluid towards a stretching sheet in a porous medium with heat generation and radiation

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Modather M. Abdou ◽  
E. Roshdy EL-Zahar ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics

An analysis was carried out to study the effect of thermal radiation on magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow and heat transfer characteristics of a non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid near the stagnation point of a vertical stretching sheet in a porous medium with internal heat generation–absorption. The flow is generated because of linear stretching of the sheet and influenced by the uniform magnetic field that is applied horizontally in the flow region. Using a similarity variable, the governing nonlinear partial differential equations have been transformed into a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which are solved numerically using an accurate implicit finite difference scheme. A comparison of the obtained results with previously published numerical results is done and the results are found to be in good agreement. The effects of the viscoelastic fluid parameter, magnetic field parameter, nonuniform heat source–sink, and the thermal radiation parameter on the heat transfer characteristics are presented graphically and discussed. The values of the skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number are tabulated for both cases of assisting and opposing flows.

Oscillatory Motion of a Viscoelastic Fluid over a Stretching Sheet in Porous Media

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. V. Prasad ◽  
M. Subhas Abel ◽  
Ambuja Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Oscillatory Motion

scholarly journals A Computational Analysis of Two-Phase Casson Nanofluid Passing a Stretching Sheet Using Chemical Reactions and Gyrotactic Microorganisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulqurnain Sabir ◽  
Rizwan Akhtar ◽  
Zhu Zhiyu ◽  
Muhammad Umar ◽  
Ali Imran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Field Parameter ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Gyrotactic Microorganisms ◽  
Magnetic Field Parameter ◽  
Casson Nanofluid

In this study, an attempt is made to explore the two-phase Casson nanofluid passing through a stretching sheet along a permeable surface with the effects of chemical reactions and gyrotactic microorganisms. By utilizing the strength of similarity transforms the governing PDEs are transformed into set of ODEs. The resulting equations are handled by using a proficient numerical scheme known as the shooting technique. Authenticity of numerical outcomes is established by comparing the achieved results with the MATLAB built-in solver bvp4c. The numerical outcomes for the reduced Nusselt number and Sherwood number are exhibited in the tabular form, while the variations of some crucial physical parameters on the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles are demonstrated graphically. It is observed that Local Nusselt number rises with the enhancement in the magnetic field parameter, the porous media parameter, and the chemical reactions, while magnetic field parameter along with porous media parameter retards the velocity profile.

scholarly journals Stability Analysis and Internal Heating Effect on Oscillatory Convection in a Viscoelastic Fluid Saturated Porous Medium Under Gravity Modulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.S. Bhadauria ◽  
M.K. Singh ◽  
A. Singh ◽  
B.K. Singh ◽  
P. Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Landau Equation ◽  
Power Series Expansion ◽  
Gravity Modulation ◽  
Internal Heating ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

Abstract In this paper, we investigate the combined effect of internal heating and time periodic gravity modulation in a viscoelastic fluid saturated porous medium by reducing the problem into a complex non-autonomous Ginzgburg-Landau equation. Weak nonlinear stability analysis has been performed by using power series expansion in terms of the amplitude of gravity modulation, which is assumed to be small. The Nusselt number is obtained in terms of the amplitude for oscillatory mode of convection. The influence of viscoelastic parameters on heat transfer has been discussed. Gravity modulation is found to have a destabilizing effect at low frequencies and a stabilizing effect at high frequencies. Finally, it is found that overstability advances the onset of convection, more with internal heating. The conditions for which the complex Ginzgburg-Landau equation undergoes Hopf bifurcation and the amplitude equation undergoes supercritical pitchfork bifurcation are studied.

Combined Effect of Temperature Modulation and Magnetic Field on the Onset of Convection in an Electrically Conducting-Fluid-Saturated Porous Medium

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Bhadauria
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Temperature Modulation ◽  
Vertical Magnetic Field ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Electrically Conducting Fluid ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

The effect of temperature modulation on the onset of thermal convection in an electrically conducting fluid-saturated-porous medium, heated from below, has been studied using linear stability analysis. The amplitudes of temperature modulation at the lower and upper surfaces are considered to be very small. The porous medium is confined between two horizontal walls and subjected to a vertical magnetic field; flow in porous medium is characterized by Brinkman–Darcy model. Considering only infinitesimal disturbances, and using perturbation procedure, the combined effect of temperature modulation and vertical magnetic field on thermal instability has been studied. The correction in the critical Rayleigh number is calculated as a function of frequency of modulation, Darcy number, Darcy Chandrasekhar number, magnetic Prandtl number, and the nondimensional group number χ. The influence of the magnetic field is found to be stabilizing. Furthermore, it is also found that the onset of convection can be advanced or delayed by proper tuning of the frequency of modulation. The results of the present model have been compared with that of Darcy model.

Stability of Bioconvection in Suspensions of Gyrotactic Microorganisms in Porous Media

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Kuznetsov ◽  
A. A. Avramenko
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Velocity Fluctuations ◽  
Gyrotactic Microorganisms ◽  
Upward Direction ◽  
Upward Velocity ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Medium

In this paper, a model of bioconvection in a suspension of gyrotactic motile microorganisms in a fluid saturated porous medium is suggested. The microorganisms considered in this paper are heavier than water and gyrotactic behavior results in their swimming towards the regions of most rapid downflow. Because of that, the regions of downflow become denser than the regions of upflow. Buoyancy increases the upward velocity in the regions of upflow and downward velocity in the regions of downflow, thus enhancing the velocity fluctuations. The experiments performed by Kessler (1986) and the numerical results of Kuznetsov and Jiang (2001) indicate that if the permeability of porous medium is sufficiently small it will prevent the development of convection instability. However, for practical purposes, in order to maximize the flux of the cells in the upward direction it is desirable to have the permeability of the porous medium as high as possible. The aim of this paper is to investigate the value of critical permeability. If permeability is smaller than this critical value bioconvection does not occur and microorganisms simply swim in the upward direction.

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