MHD Stagnation-Point Flow of a Nanofluid Past a Stretching Sheet with a Convective Boundary Condition and Radiation Effects

Abstract:

In this paper, the investigation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation point flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet with a convective boundary condition and radiation effects is carried out numerically. Similarity transformation is used to reduce the governing partial differential equations into third and second order non-linear ordinary differential equations. These equations are then being solved numerically using a problem solver built in the MATLAB software. The numerical solutions for the skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, velocity and temperature profiles for different values of the physical parameters are presented graphically and discussed further. The results indicate that the velocity and the temperature are influenced by the magnetic parameter M, Brownian motion parameter Nb and radiation parameter Nr. The local Nusselt number and the skin friction coefficient are affected significantly in the presence of suction at the boundary.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 892)
• Pages: 168-176
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.892.168
• Online since: June 2019
• Authors: Nor Ain Azeany Mohd Nasir, Anuar Mohd Ishak*, Ioan Pop
• Keywords: Heat Transfer, Magnetohydrodynamic, Nanofluid, Stagnation-Point Flow

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