10.1186/2228-5326-2-24

Unsteady MHD free convection boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid along a stretching sheet with thermal radiation and viscous dissipation effects

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  • Md Shakhaoath Khan*1,
  • Ifsana Karim1,
  • Lasker Ershad Ali1,
  • Ariful Islam1,
  1. Mathematics Discipline, Science, Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, BD
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Published in Issue 2012-10-17

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Khan, M. S., Karim, I., Ali, L. E., & Islam, A. (2012). Unsteady MHD free convection boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid along a stretching sheet with thermal radiation and viscous dissipation effects. International Nano Letters, 2(1 (December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/2228-5326-2-24
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Abstract

Abstract In this work, we study the unsteady free convection boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid along a stretching sheet with thermal radiation in the presence of magnetic field. To obtain non-similar equations, continuity, momentum, energy, and concentration equations have been non-dimensionalized by usual transformation. The non-similar solutions are considered here which depend on the magnetic parameter M , radiation parameter R , Prandtl number P r , Eckert number E c , Lewis number L e , Brownian motion parameter N b , thermophoresis parameter N t , and Grashof number G r . The obtained equations have been solved by an explicit finite difference method with stability and convergence analysis. The velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles are discussed for different time steps and for the different values of the parameters of physical and engineering interest.

Keywords

  • Nnanofluid,
  • Free convection flow,
  • Magnetic field,
  • Thermal radiation,
  • Stretching surface,
  • Viscous dissipation
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