• DocumentCode
    7840
  • Title

    Buoyancy and Radiation Effect on Stagnation Point Flow of Micropolar Nanofluid Along a Vertically Convective Stretching Surface

  • Author

    Haq, Rizwan Ul ; Nadeem, S. ; Akbar, N.S. ; Khan, Z.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Quaid-I-Azam Univ., Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    Present model examines the 2-D boundary layer flow of natural convective micropolar nanofluid along a vertically stretching sheet. Moreover, we have considered the simultaneous effects of radiation and convective boundary surface. Influences of nanoparticles are also analyzed for both assisting and opposing flow. Similarity transformations are used to transform the governing nonlinear partial differential equation to ordinary differential equations. The condensed boundary layer equations for nanomicropolar fluid model are solved numerically. The effects of emerging parameters on velocity, temperature, and nanoparticle volumetric expansion profiles are discussed. Stimulating results are presented graphically and explained physically. The heat transfer rate and concentration rate are also displayed graphically for different flow control parameters.
  • Keywords
    boundary layers; buoyancy; flow control; microfluidics; nanofluidics; nanoparticles; natural convection; nonlinear differential equations; partial differential equations; stagnation flow; 2D boundary layer flow; buoyancy; concentration rate; condensed boundary layer equations; convective boundary surface; flow control parameter; heat transfer rate; nanoparticle volumetric expansion profile; natural convective micropolar nanofluid; nonlinear partial differential equation; numerical analysis; ordinary differential equations; radiation effect; similarity transformation; stagnation point flow; temperature expansion; velocity expansion; vertically convective stretching surface; Buoyancy; Equations; Heat transfer; Mathematical model; Nanoparticles; Suspensions; Buoyancy assisting and opposing flow; Radiation; buoyancy assisting and opposing flow; convective surface; micropolar nanofluid; numerical solution; radiation; stagnation point;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nanotechnology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-125X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNANO.2014.2363684
  • Filename
    6933887