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Analysis of Mixed Convection Boundary Layer Flow of a Nanofluid Past a Vertical Plate Embedded in a Porous Medium

Research Authors
A. A. Abdullah, F. S. Ibrahim
Research Abstract

The unsteady mixed convection flow near the stagnation point region of a heated vertical plate in a porous medium saturated with a nanofluid is studied analytically and numerically using Buongiorno’s model. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. An appropriate similarity transforms are used and the resultant equations are solved using the fourth-fifth order Runge-Kutta method with shooting technique for different values of the parameters governing the problem. The effects of the governing parameters on fluid velocity, temperature, nanoparticle volume fraction, skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are discussed.

Research Department
Research Journal
International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
Research Member
Research Publisher
North Atlantic University Union
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Volume 9
Research Website
http://naun.org/cms.action?id=2820
Research Year
2015
Research Pages
545-557