An application of interacting shear flows theory: exact solution for unsteady oblique stagnation point flow

An analytical solution of the governing equations of the interacting shear flows for unsteady oblique stagnation point flow is obtained. It has the same form as that of the exact solution obtained from the complete NS equations and physical analysis and relevant discussions are then presented.

Non-axisymmetric Homann MHD stagnation point flow of Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid with shape factor impact

The heat transfer of Homann flow in the stagnation region of the Al2 O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid is investigated by adopting the Tiwari-Das model over a cylindrical disk.The effects of the nanoparticle shape,the viscous dissipation,and the nonlinear radiation are considered.The governing equations are obtained by using similarity transformations,and the numerical outcomes for the flow and the temperature field are noted by bvp4 c on MATLAB.The numerical solutions of the flow field are compared with the asymptotic behaviors of large shear-to-strain-rate ratio.The effects of variations of parameters involved are inspected for both nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid flows,temperature profiles,local Nusselt numbers,and skin frictions.It is concluded that the velocity and temperature fields in the hybrid nanophase function more rapidly than those in the nanofluid phase.

MHD stagnation point flow towards heated shrinking surface subjected to heat generation/absorption

The magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） stagnation point flow of micropolar flu- ids towards a heated shrinking surface is analyzed. The effects of viscous dissipation and internal heat generation/absorption are taken into account. Two explicit cases, i.e., the prescribed surface temperature （PST） and the prescribed heat flux （PHF）, are discussed. The boundary layer flow and energy equations are solved by employing the homotopy analysis method. The quantities of physical interest are examined through the presenta- tion of plots/tabulated values. It is noticed that the existence of the solutions for high shrinking parameters is associated closely with the applied magnetic field.

Microfluidic-based single cell trapping using a combination of stagnation point flow and physical barrier

Single cell trapping in vitro by microfluidic device is an emerging approach for the study of the relationship between single cells and their dynamic biochemical microenvironments. In this paper, a hydrodynamic-based microfluidic device for single cell trapping is designed using a combination of stagnation point flow and physical barrier.The microfluidic device overcomes the weakness of the traditional ones, which have been only based upon either stagnation point flows or physical barriers, and can conveniently load dynamic biochemical signals to the trapped cell. In addition, it can connect with a programmable syringe pump and a microscope to constitute an integrated experimental system.It is experimentally verified that the microfluidic system can trap single cells in vitro even under flow disturbance and conveniently load biochemical signals to the trapped cell. The designed micro-device would provide a simple yet effective experimental platform for further study of the interactions between single cells and their microenvironments.

Entropy generation approach with heat and mass transfer in magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point flow of a tangent hyperbolic nanofluid

This work examines the entropy generation with heat and mass transfer in magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)stagnation point flow across a stretchable surface.The heat transport process is investigated with respect to the viscous dissipation and thermal radiation,whereas the mass transport is observed under the influence of a chemical reaction.The irreversibe factor is measured through the application of the second law of thermodynamics.The established non-linear partial differential equations(PDEs)have been replaced by acceptable ordinary differential equations(ODEs),which are solved numerically via the bvp4 c method(built-in package in MATLAB).The numerical analysis of the resulting ODEs is carried out on the different flow parameters,and their effects on the rate of heat transport,friction drag,concentration,and the entropy generation are considered.It is determined that the concentration estimation and the Sherwood number reduce and enhance for higher values of the chemical reaction parameter and the Schmidt number,although the rate of heat transport is increased for the Eckert number and heat generation/absorption parameter,respectively.The entropy generation augments with boosting values of the Brinkman number,and decays with escalating values of both the radiation parameter and the Weissenberg number.

Three-dimensional mixed convection stagnation-point fow past a vertical surface with second-order slip velocity

This study is concerned with the three-dimensional(3D)stagnation-point for the mixed convection flow past a vertical surface considering the first-order and secondorder velocity slips.To the authors’knowledge,this is the first study presenting this very interesting analysis.Nonlinear partial differential equations for the flow problem are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations(ODEs)by using appropriate similarity transformation.These ODEs with the corresponding boundary conditions are numerically solved by utilizing the bvp4c solver in MATLAB programming language.The effects of the governing parameters on the non-dimensional velocity profiles,temperature profiles,skin friction coefficients,and the local Nusselt number are presented in detail through a series of graphs and tables.Interestingly,it is reported that the reduced skin friction coefficient decreases for the assisting flow situation and increases for the opposing flow situation.The numerical computations of the present work are compared with those from other research available in specific situations,and an excellent consensus is observed.Another exciting feature for this work is the existence of dual solutions.An important remark is that the dual solutions exist for both assisting and opposing flows.A linear stability analysis is performed showing that one solution is stable and the other solution is not stable.We notice that the mixed convection and velocity slip parameters have strong effects on the flow characteristics.These effects are depicted in graphs and discussed in this paper.The obtained results show that the first-order and second-order slip parameters have a considerable effect on the flow,as well as on the heat transfer characteristics.

Stability analysis and modeling for the three-dimensional Darcy-Forchheimer stagnation point nanofluid flow towards a moving surface

In this research,the three-dimensional(3D)steady and incompressible laminar Homann stagnation point nanofluid flow over a porous moving surface is addressed.The disturbance in the porous medium has been characterized by the Darcy-Forchheimer relation.The slip for viscous fluid is considered.The energy equation is organized in view of radiative heat flux which plays an important role in the heat transfer rate.The governing flow expressions are first altered into first-order ordinary ones and then solved numerically by the shooting method.Dual solutions are obtained for the velocity,skin friction coefficient,temperature,and Nusselt number subject to sundry flow parameters,magnetic parameter,Darcy-Forchheimer number,thermal radiation parameter,suction parameter,and dimensionless slip parameter.In this research,the main consideration is given to the engineering interest like skin friction coefficient(velocity gradient or surface drag force)and Nusselt number(temperature gradient or heat transfer rate)and discussed numerically through tables.In conclusion,it is noticed from the stability results that the upper branch solution(UBS)is more reliable and physically stable than the lower branch solution(LBS).

Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects on unsteady stagnation point flow of Eyring-Powell nanofluid: a Galerkin approach

This article concerns the analysis of an unsteady stagnation point flow of Eyring–Powell nanofluid over a stretching sheet.The influence of thermophoresis and Brownian motion is also considered in transport equations.The nonlinear ODE set is obtained from the governing nonlinear equations via suitable transformations.The numerical experiments are performed using the Galerkin scheme.A tabular form comparison analysis of outcomes attained via the Galerkin approach and numerical scheme(RK-4)is available to show the credibility of the Galerkin method.The numerical exploration is carried out for various governing parameters,namely,Brownian motion,steadiness,thermophoresis,stretching ratio,velocity slip,concentration slip,thermal slip,and fluid parameters,and Hartmann,Prandtl and Schmidt numbers.The velocity of fluid enhances with an increase in fluid and magnetic parameters for the case of opposing,but the behavior is reversed for assisting cases.The Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters cause an increase in temperature for both cases(assisting and opposing).The Brownian motion parameter provides a drop-in concentration while an increase is noticed for the thermophoresis parameter.All the outcomes and the behavior of emerging parameters are illustrated graphically.The comparison analysis and graphical plots endorse the appropriateness of the Galerkin method.It is concluded that said method could be extended to other problems of a complex nature.

Momentum and heat transfer of a special case of the unsteady stagnation-point flow

This paper investigates the unsteady stagnation-point flow and heat transfer over a moving plate with mass transfer,which is also an exact solution to the unsteady Navier-Stokes(NS)equations.The boundary layer energy equation is solved with the closed form solutions for prescribed wall temperature and prescribed wall heat flux conditions.The wall temperature and heat flux have power dependence on both time and spatial distance.The solution domain,the velocity distribution,the flow field,and the temperature distribution in the fluids are studied for different controlling parameters.These parameters include the Prandtl number,the mass transfer parameter at the wall,the wall moving parameter,the time power index,and the spatial power index.It is found that two solution branches exist for certain combinations of the controlling parameters for the flow and heat transfer problems.The heat transfer solutions are given by the confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind,which can be simplified into the incomplete gamma functions for special conditions.The wall heat flux and temperature profiles show very complicated variation behaviors.The wall heat flux can have multiple poles under certain given controlling parameters,and the temperature can have significant oscillations with overshoot and negative values in the boundary layers.The relationship between the number of poles in the wall heat flux and the number of zero-crossing points is identified.The difference in the results of the prescribed wall temperature case and the prescribed wall heat flux case is analyzed.Results given in this paper provide a rare closed form analytical solution to the entire unsteady NS equations,which can be used as a benchmark problem for numerical code validation.

Nonlinear radiative heat transfer in magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)stagnation point flow of nanofluid past a stretching sheet with convective boundary condition

Two-dimensional boundary layer flow of nanofluid fluid past a stretching sheet is examined.The paper reveals the effect of non-linear radiative heat transfer on magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)stagnation point flow past a stretching sheet with convective heating.Condition of zero normal flux of nanoparticles at the wall for the stretched flow is considered.The nanoparticle fractions on the boundary are considered to be passively controlled.The solution for the velocity,temperature and nanoparticle concentration depends on parameters viz.Prandtl number Pr,velocity ratio parameter A,magnetic parameter M,Lewis number Le,Brownian motion Nb,and the thermophoresis parameter Nt.Moreover,the problem is governed by temperature ratio parameter Nr¼Tf T1
and radiation parameter Rd.Similarity transformation is used to reduce the governing non-linear boundary-value problems into coupled higher order non-linear ordinary differential equation.These equations were numerically solved using the function bvp4c from the matlab software for different values of governing parameters.Numerical results are obtained for velocity,temperature and concentration,as well as the skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt number.The results indicate that the skin friction coefficient Cf increases as the values of magnetic parameter M increase and decreases as the values of velocity ratio parameter A increase.The local Nusselt number-θ0(0)decreases as the values of thermophoresis parameter Nt and radiation parameter Nr increase and it increases as the values of both Biot number Bi and Prandtl number Pr increase.Furthermore,radiation has a positive effect on temperature and concentration profiles.

Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)boundary layer stagnation point flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet with melting

The paper examines the melting heat transfer in magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)stagnation point flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet.Boundary layer theory is employed to simplify the system of partial differential equations of motion,energy and concentration to three coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations.The non-linear ordinary differential equations and their boundary conditions are changed into dimensionless form by using suitable similarity variables before numerically solved using fourth order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method along with shooting technique.The effect of pertinent parameters on different flow fields are determined and discussed in detail through several plots and tables.The numerical results are obtained for velocity,temperature and concentration profiles.It is found that the skin friction coefficient and Sherwood number decrease with an increase in B and M parameters.However,the local Nusselt number-θ′(0)increases with an increase in B and Nt.Then,the results are compared and found to be in good agreement with the previously published results in limiting cases of the problem.

FlowBreakdown of Hybrid Nanofluid on a Rigid Surface with Power Law Fluid as Lubricated Layers

Thiswork investigates an oblique stagnation point flowof hybrid nanofluid over a rigid surface with power lawfluidas lubricated layers. Copper (Cu) and Silver (Ag) solid particles are used as hybrid particles acting in water H2O asa base fluid. The mathematical formulation of flow configuration is presented in terms of differential systemthat isnonlinear in nature. The thermal aspects of the flow field are also investigated by assuming the surface is a heatedsurface with a constant temperature T. Numerical solutions to the governing mathematical model are calculatedby the RK45 algorithm. The results based on the numerical solution against various flow and thermal controllingparameters are presented in terms of line graphs. The specific results depict that the heat flux increases over thelubricated-indexed parameter.

MHD Stagnation Point Flow of Williamson Fluid over a Stretching Cylinder with Variable Thermal Conductivity and Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Reaction

The present study reveals the effect of homogeneous/hetereogeneous reaction on stagnation point flow of Williamson fluid in the presence of magnetohydrodynamics and heat generation/absorption coefficient over a stretching cylinder. Further the effects of variable thermal conductivity and thermal stratification are also considered. The governing partial differential equations are converted to ordinary differential equations with the help of similarity transformation.The system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations is then solved by shooting technique. MATLAB shooting code is validated by comparison with the previously published work in limiting case. Results are further strengthened when the present results are compared with MATLAB built-in function bvp4c. Effects of prominent parameters are deliberated graphically for the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles. Skin-friction coefficient and Nusselt number for the different parameters are investigated with the help of tables.

Magnetohydrodynamic Stagnation Point Flow of a Maxwell Nanofluid with Variable Conductivity

This article reports the simultaneous properties of variable conductivity and chemical reaction in stagnation point flow of magneto Maxwell nanofluid.The Buongiorno’s theory has been established to picture the inducement of Brownian and thermophrotic diffusions effects.Additionally,the aspect of heat sink/source is reported.The homotopic analysis method(HAM)has been worked out for the solution of nonlinear ODEs.The behavior of inferential variables on the velocity,temperature,concentration and local Nusselt number for Maxwell nanofluid are sketched and discussed.The attained outcomes specify that both the temperature and concentration of Maxwell fluid display analogous behavior,while the depiction of Brownian motion is quite conflicting on both temperature and concentration fields.It is further noted that the influence of variable thermal conductivity on temperature field is similar to that of Brownian motion parameter.Moreover,for the confirmation of our study comparison tables are reported.

Time-dependent stagnation-point flow over rotating disk impinging oncoming flow

The unsteady stagnation point flow of an incompressible viscous fluid over a rotating disk is investigated numerically in the present study. The disk impinges the oncoming flow with a time-dependent axial velocity. The three-dimensionM axisymmetric boundary-layer flow is described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The governing equations are solved numerically, and two distinct similarity solution branches are obtained. Both solution branches exhibit different flow patterns. The upper branch solution exists for all values of the impinging parameter β and the rotating parameter Ω. However, the lower branch solution breaks down at some moderate values of β The involvement of the rotation at disk allows the similarity solution to be transpired for all the decreasing values of β. The results of the velocity profile, the skin friction, and the stream lines are demonstrated through graphs and tables for both solution branches. The results show that the impinging velocity depreciates the forward flow and accelerates the flow in the tangential direction.

The effect of induced magnetic field and convective boundary condition on MHD stagnation point flow and heat transfer of upper-convected Maxwell fluid in the presence of nanoparticle past a stretching sheet

The present study examines the effect of induced magnetic field and convectiveboundary condition on magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)stagnation point flow and heat transfer dueto upper-convected Maxwell fluid over a stretching sheet in the presence of nanoparticles.Boundary layer theory is used to simplify the equation of motion,induced magnetic field,energyand concentration which results in four coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations.Thestudy takes into account the effect of Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters.Thegoverning equations and their associated boundary conditions are initially cast into dimensionlessfonm by similarity variables.The resulting system of equations is then solved numerically usingfourth order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method along with shooting technique.The solution for thegoverning equations depends on parameters such as,magnetic,velocity ratio parameter B,Biotnumber Bi,Prandtl number Pr,Lewis number Le,Brownian motion Nb,reciprocal of magnetic Prandtl number A,the thermophoresis parameter Nt,and Maxwell parameter β.The numerical results are obtained for velocity,temperature,induced magnetic field andconcentration profiles as well as skin friction coefficient,the local Nusselt number andSherwood number.The results indicate that the skin friction coefficient,the local Nusseltnumber and Sherwood number decrease with an increase in B and M parameters.Moreover,local Sherwood number-φ'(O)decreases with an increase in convective parameter Bi,but the local Nusselt number-φ'(0)increases with an increase in Bi.The results are displayed both ingraphical and tabular form to illustrate the effect of the governing parameters on thedimensionless velocity,induced magnetic field,temperature and concentration.The numericalresults are compared and found to be in good agreement with the previously published resultson special cases of the problem.

Flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid through a porous medium due to stretching/shrinking sheet with suction,magnetic field and thermal radiation

This study investigates the suction and magnetic field effects on the two-dimensional nanofluid flow through a stretching/shrinking sheet at the stagnation point in the porous medium with thermal radiation.The governing partial differential equations(PDEs)are converted into ordinary differential equations(ODEs)using the similarity transformation.The resulting ODEs are then solved numerically by using the bvp4c solver in MATLAB software.It was found that dual solutions exist for the shrinking parameter values up to a certain range.The numerical results obtained are compared,and the comparison showed a good agreement with the existing results in the literature.The governing parameters’effect on the velocity,temperature and nanoparticle fraction fields as well as the skin friction coefficient,the local Nusselt number and the Sherwood number are represented graphically and analyzed.The variation of the velocity,temperature and concentration increase with the increase in the suction and magnetic field parameters.It seems that the thermal radiation effect has increased the local Sherwood number while the local Nusselt number is reduced with it.

Numerical Study for Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)Unsteady Maxwell Nanofluid Flow Impinging on Heated Stretching Sheet

The numerous applications of Maxwell Nanofluid Stagnation Point Flow,such as those in production industries,the processing of polymers,compression,power generation,lubrication systems,food manufacturing and air conditioning,among other applications,require further research into the effects of various parameters on flow phenomena.In this paper,a study has been carried out for the heat andmass transfer of Maxwell nanofluid flow over the heated stretching sheet.A mathematical model with constitutive expressions is constructed in partial differential equations(PDEs)through obligatory basic conservation laws.A series of transformations are then used to take the system into an ordinary differential equation(ODE).The boundary conditions(BCs)are also treated similarly for transforming into first-order ordinary differential equations(ODEs).Then these ODEs are computed by using the Shooting Method.The effect of factors on the skin friction coefficient,the local Nusselt number,and the local Sherwood number are explored,and the results are displayed graphically.The obtained results demonstrate that by increasing the values of the Maxwell and slip velocity parameters,velocity deescalates.For investigators tasked with addressing unresolved difficulties in the realm of enclosures used in industry and engineering,we thought this work would serve as a guide.

Axisymmetric stagnation-point flow over a stretching/shrinking plate with second-order velocity slip

The axisymmetric stagnation point flow over a stretching/shrinking surface with second-order slip and temperature jump is studied numerically.The governing partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary(similarity)differential equations.These equations along with the corresponding boundary conditions are solved numerically using a boundary value problem solver bvp4c in Matlab software.It is observed that dual(first and second)solutions exist for the similarity equations.The effects of different parameters on the velocity and the temperature distributions as well as the skin friction coefficient and the Nusselt number are analyzed and discussed.

On the stability of the flow over a shrinking cylinder with prescribed surface heat flux

This study investigates the steady stagnation point flow and heat transfer passes a horizontal shrinking permeable cylinder.The free stream velocity and the prescribed surface heat flux arc assumed to vary linearly with the distance from a fixed point on the cylinder.The partial differential equations governing the flow and heat transfer are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations via similarity transformation.These equations are solved numerically for several values of the governing parameters,such as suction parameter s,curvature parameter γ,and shrinking parameter λ.The equations arc solved numerically by employing the boundary value problem solver package available in MATLAB software,bvp4c.The effects of the governing parameters on the skin friction coefficient,surface temperature,velocity,and temperature profiles are examined.Given the existence of dual solutions in the present study for a certain range of the curvature parameter,stability analysis is carried out to determine which one of the solutions is stable as time passes.The outcome of the stability analysis demonstrates that only the first solution,with lower boundary layer thickness,appeared to be stable and thus physically reliable,while the other is not.It is also discovered that the boundary layer separation is delayed by reducing the curvature parameter.