In this paper, heat and mass transfer analysis for boundary layer stagnation-point flow over
a stretching sheet in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid with internal heat generation/
absorption and suction/blowing is investigated. The governing partial differential
equation and auxiliary conditions are converted to ordinary differential equations with
the corresponding auxiliary conditions via Lie group analysis. The boundary layer temperature,
concentration and nanoparticle volume fraction profiles are then determined
numerically. The influences of various relevant parameters, namely, thermophoresis
parameter Nt, Brownian motion parameter Nb, Lewis number Le, suction/injection parameter
S, permeability parameter k1, source/sink parameter k and Prandtl parameter Pr on
temperature and concentration as well as wall heat flux and wall mass flux are discussed.
Comparison with published results is presented.
Research Abstract
Research Department
Research Journal
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Research Member
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 17
Research Year
2012
Research Pages
132–140