R. Kandasamy, V. V. Balachandar, S. B. Hasan, “Magnetohydrodynamic and heat transfer effects on the stagnation-point flow of an electrically conducting nanofluid past a porous vertical shrinking/stretching sheet in the presence of variable stream conditions”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 2017, Volume 58, Issue 1,Pages <nobr>82

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Magnetohydrodynamic and heat transfer effects on the stagnation-point flow of an electrically conducting nanofluid past a porous vertical shrinking/stretching sheet in the presence of variable stream conditions

R. Kandasamy^a, V. V. Balachandar^b, S. B. Hasan^b

^a Research Centre for Computational Mathematics, 1 Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Johor, Malaysia
^b Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

Abstract: A steady two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic stagnation-point flow of an electrically conducting fluid and heat transfer with thermal radiation of a nanofluid past a shrinking and stretching sheet is investigated numerically. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of the Brownian motion and thermophoresis. A similarity transformation is used to convert the governing nonlinear boundary-layer equations into coupled higher-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The result shows that the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles are significantly influenced by the Brownian motion, heat radiation, and thermophoresis particle deposition.

Keywords: stagnation-point flow, nanofluid, Brownian motion, thermophoresis, magnetic field.

UDC: 536.4

Received: 16.12.2014
Revised: 26.04.2015

DOI: 10.15372/PMTF20170108