Stagnation Point Flow of a Williamson Fluid over a Nonlinearly Stretching Sheet with Thermal Radiation

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Monica ◽  
J Sucharitha ◽  
Ch Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Stagnation Point Flow ◽  
Williamson Fluid ◽  
Nonlinearly Stretching Sheet

scholarly journals Buoyancy-Induced MHD Stagnation Point Flow of Williamson Fluid with Thermal Radiation

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Ouru ◽  
W. N. Mutuku ◽  
A. S. Oke
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Polymer Processing ◽  
Stagnation Point Flow ◽  
Radiation Parameter ◽  
Williamson Fluid

Flow of fluids subjected to thermal radiation has enormous application in polymer processing, glass blowing, cooling of nuclear reactant and harvesting solar energy. This paper considers the MHD stagnation point flow of non-Newtonian pseudoplastic Williamson fluid induced by buoyancy in the presence of thermal radiation. A system of nonlinear partial differential equations suitable to describe the MHD stagnation point flow of Williamson fluid over a stretching sheet is formulated and then transformed using similarity variables to boundary value ordinary differential equations. The graphs depicting the effect of thermal radiation parameter, buoyancy and electromagnetic force on the fluid velocity and temperature of the stagnation point flow are given and the results revealed that increase in buoyancy leads to an increase in the overall velocity of the flow but a decrease in the temperature of the flow.

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