The heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics of the magnetohydrodynamic Casson fluid flow through an inclined microchannel with convective boundary conditions are analyzed.Further,the effects of the viscou...The heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics of the magnetohydrodynamic Casson fluid flow through an inclined microchannel with convective boundary conditions are analyzed.Further,the effects of the viscous forces,Joule heating,heat source/sink,and radiation on the flow are taken into account.The non-dimensional transformations are used to solve the governing equations.Then,the reduced system is resolved by the fourth-fifth order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method along with the shooting technique.The effects of different physical parameters on the heat transfer and entropy generation are discussed in detail through graphs.From the perspective of numerical results,it is recognized that the production of entropy can be improved with the Joule heating,viscous dissipation,and convective heating aspects.It is concluded that the production of entropy is the maximum with increases in the Casson parameter,the angle of inclination,and the Hartmann number.Both the Reynolds number and the radiation parameter cause the dual impact on entropy generation.展开更多
The present article comprises the study on the influence of exponential space based heat generation on the non-Darcy-Forchheimer flow of carbon nanotubes(CNTs).The flow is considered over a curved stretching sheet.Sim...The present article comprises the study on the influence of exponential space based heat generation on the non-Darcy-Forchheimer flow of carbon nanotubes(CNTs).The flow is considered over a curved stretching sheet.Similarity variables are used to reduce the flow descriptive nonlinear partial derivative equations to simple equations.Simplified equations are then solved by the exploiting Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-and fifth-order methods.Obtained numerical solutions are shown in graphs and tables.Comparison between single and multi-walled CNTs has been established through the tabulated values and plotted graphs.It is concluded that the heat source parameter plays a prime role in enhancement of temperature,and the curvature parameter has adverse impact on velocity and temperature panels.Both the inertial parameter and inverse-Darcy number affect the fluid velocity.展开更多
文摘The heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics of the magnetohydrodynamic Casson fluid flow through an inclined microchannel with convective boundary conditions are analyzed.Further,the effects of the viscous forces,Joule heating,heat source/sink,and radiation on the flow are taken into account.The non-dimensional transformations are used to solve the governing equations.Then,the reduced system is resolved by the fourth-fifth order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method along with the shooting technique.The effects of different physical parameters on the heat transfer and entropy generation are discussed in detail through graphs.From the perspective of numerical results,it is recognized that the production of entropy can be improved with the Joule heating,viscous dissipation,and convective heating aspects.It is concluded that the production of entropy is the maximum with increases in the Casson parameter,the angle of inclination,and the Hartmann number.Both the Reynolds number and the radiation parameter cause the dual impact on entropy generation.
文摘The present article comprises the study on the influence of exponential space based heat generation on the non-Darcy-Forchheimer flow of carbon nanotubes(CNTs).The flow is considered over a curved stretching sheet.Similarity variables are used to reduce the flow descriptive nonlinear partial derivative equations to simple equations.Simplified equations are then solved by the exploiting Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-and fifth-order methods.Obtained numerical solutions are shown in graphs and tables.Comparison between single and multi-walled CNTs has been established through the tabulated values and plotted graphs.It is concluded that the heat source parameter plays a prime role in enhancement of temperature,and the curvature parameter has adverse impact on velocity and temperature panels.Both the inertial parameter and inverse-Darcy number affect the fluid velocity.
