Present numerical study examines the heat and mass transfer characteristics of magneto-hydrodynamic Casson fluid flow between two parallel plates under the influence of thermal radiation,internal heat generation or ab...Present numerical study examines the heat and mass transfer characteristics of magneto-hydrodynamic Casson fluid flow between two parallel plates under the influence of thermal radiation,internal heat generation or absorption and Joule dissipation effects with homogeneous first order chemical reaction.The non-Newtonian behaviour of Casson fluid is distinguished from those of Newtonian fluids by considering the well-established rheological Casson fluid flow model.The governing partial differential equations for the unsteady two-dimensional squeezing flow with heat and mass transfer of a Casson fluid are highly nonlinear and coupled in nature.The nonlinear ordinary differential equations governing the squeezing flow are obtained by imposing the similarity transformations on the conservation laws.The resulting equations have been solved by using two numerical techniques,namely Runge-Kutta fourth order integration scheme with shooting technique and bvp4c Matlab solver.The comparison between both the techniques is provided.Further,for the different set physical parameters,the numerical results are obtained and presented in the form of graphs and tables.However,in view of industrial use,the power required to generate the movement of the parallel plates is considerably reduced for the negative values of squeezing number.From the present investigation it is noticed that,due to the presence of stronger Lorentz forces,the temperature and velocity fields eventually suppressed for the enhancing values of Hartmann number.Also,higher values of squeezing number diminish the squeezing force on the fluid flow which in turn reduces the thermal field.Further,the destructive nature of the chemical reaction magnifies the concentration field;whereas constructive chemical reaction decreases the concentration field.The present numerical solutions are compared with previously published results and show the good agreement.展开更多
This exploration examines unsteady magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) three-dimensional flow of viscous material between rotating plates subject to radiation,Joule heating and chemical reaction.The non-linear partial differenti...This exploration examines unsteady magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) three-dimensional flow of viscous material between rotating plates subject to radiation,Joule heating and chemical reaction.The non-linear partial differential system is re-structured into the ordinary differential expressions by the implication of appropriate transformations.The developed differential equations are computed by homotopy analysis technique.Numerical consequences have been accomplished by various values of emerging parameters.Coefficients of skin friction and heat and mass transfer rates have been scrutinized.Irreversibility analysis is carried out.Influence of various prominent variables on entropy generation is presented.Moreover,the temperature increases for higher Dufour number and concentration distribution reduces against Soret number.Higher squeezing parameter enhances velocity while concentration reduces with an increment in squeezing parameter.Both entropy rate and Bejan number increase against higher diffusion parameter.展开更多
文摘Present numerical study examines the heat and mass transfer characteristics of magneto-hydrodynamic Casson fluid flow between two parallel plates under the influence of thermal radiation,internal heat generation or absorption and Joule dissipation effects with homogeneous first order chemical reaction.The non-Newtonian behaviour of Casson fluid is distinguished from those of Newtonian fluids by considering the well-established rheological Casson fluid flow model.The governing partial differential equations for the unsteady two-dimensional squeezing flow with heat and mass transfer of a Casson fluid are highly nonlinear and coupled in nature.The nonlinear ordinary differential equations governing the squeezing flow are obtained by imposing the similarity transformations on the conservation laws.The resulting equations have been solved by using two numerical techniques,namely Runge-Kutta fourth order integration scheme with shooting technique and bvp4c Matlab solver.The comparison between both the techniques is provided.Further,for the different set physical parameters,the numerical results are obtained and presented in the form of graphs and tables.However,in view of industrial use,the power required to generate the movement of the parallel plates is considerably reduced for the negative values of squeezing number.From the present investigation it is noticed that,due to the presence of stronger Lorentz forces,the temperature and velocity fields eventually suppressed for the enhancing values of Hartmann number.Also,higher values of squeezing number diminish the squeezing force on the fluid flow which in turn reduces the thermal field.Further,the destructive nature of the chemical reaction magnifies the concentration field;whereas constructive chemical reaction decreases the concentration field.The present numerical solutions are compared with previously published results and show the good agreement.
文摘This exploration examines unsteady magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) three-dimensional flow of viscous material between rotating plates subject to radiation,Joule heating and chemical reaction.The non-linear partial differential system is re-structured into the ordinary differential expressions by the implication of appropriate transformations.The developed differential equations are computed by homotopy analysis technique.Numerical consequences have been accomplished by various values of emerging parameters.Coefficients of skin friction and heat and mass transfer rates have been scrutinized.Irreversibility analysis is carried out.Influence of various prominent variables on entropy generation is presented.Moreover,the temperature increases for higher Dufour number and concentration distribution reduces against Soret number.Higher squeezing parameter enhances velocity while concentration reduces with an increment in squeezing parameter.Both entropy rate and Bejan number increase against higher diffusion parameter.