The Effects of Thermal Radiation and Viscous Dissipation on the Stagnation Point Flow of a Micropolar Fluid over a Permeable Stretching Sheet in the Presence of Porous Dissipation

In this paper,the effects of thermal radiation and viscous dissipation on the stagnation–point flow of a micropolar fluid over a permeable stretching sheet with suction and injection are analyzed and discussed.A suitable similarity transformation is used to convert the governing nonlinear partial differential equations into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations,which are then solved numerically by a fourth–order Runge–Kutta method.It is found that the linear fluid velocity decreases with the enhancement of the porosity,boundary,and suction parameters.Conversely,it increases with the micropolar and injection parameters.The angular velocity grows with the boundary,porosity,and suction parameters,whereas it is reduced if the micropolar and injection parameters become larger.It is concluded that the thermal boundary layer extension increases with the injection parameter and decreases with the suction parameter.

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.

Effects of variable properties on MHD heat and mass transfer flow near a stagnation point towards a stretching sheet in a porous medium with thermal radiation

The effect of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on steady magnetohydrodynamic（MHD） heat and mass transfer flow of viscous and incompressible fluid near a stagnation point towards a permeable stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium are presented,taking into account thermal radiation and internal heat genberation/absorbtion.The stretching velocity and the ambient fluid velocity are assumed to vary linearly with the distance from the stagnation point.The Rosseland approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation.The governing fundamental equations are first transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using a scaling group of transformations and are solved numerically by using the fourth-order Rung-Kutta method with the shooting technique.A comparison with previously published work has been carried out and the results are found to be in good agreement.The results are analyzed for the effect of different physical parameters,such as the variable viscosity and thermal conductivity,the ratio of free stream velocity to stretching velocity,the magnetic field,the porosity,the radiation and suction/injection on the flow,and the heat and mass transfer characteristics.The results indicate that the inclusion of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity into the fluids of light and medium molecular weight is able to change the boundary-layer behavior for all values of the velocity ratio parameter λ except for λ = 1.In addition,the imposition of fluid suction increases both the rate of heat and mass transfer,whereas fluid injection shows the opposite effect.

Partial slip effect on non-aligned stagnation point nanofluid over a stretching convective surface

The present study inspects the non-aligned stagnation point nano fluid over a convective surface in the presence of partial slip. Two types of base fluids namely water and kerosene are selected with Cu nanoparticles. The governing physical problem is presented and transformed into a system of coupled nonlinear differential equations using suitable similarity transformations. These equations are then solved numerically using midpoint integration scheme along with Richardson extrapolation via Maple. Impact of relevant physical parameters on the dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles are portrayed through graphs. Physical quantities such as local skin frictions co-efficient and Nusselt numbers are tabularized.It is detected from numerical computations that kerosene-based nano fluids have better heat transfer capability compared with water-based nanofluids. Moreover it is found that water-based nanofluids offer less resistance in terms of skin friction than kerosene-based fluid. In order to authenticate our present study, the calculated results are compared with the prevailing literature and a considerable agreement is perceived for the limiting case.

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).

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.

Melting heat transfer effects on stagnation point flow of micropolar fluid saturated in porous medium with internal heat generation(absorption)

The effect of melting heat transfer on the two dimensional boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid near a stagnation point embedded in a porous medium in the presence of internal heat generation/absorption is investigated. The governing non-linear partial differential equations describing the problem are reduced to a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations solved numerically using the Chebyshev spectral method. Numerical results for velocity, angular velocity and temperature profiles are shown graphically and discussed for different values of the inverse Darcy number, the heat generation/absorption parameter, and the melting parameter. The effects of the pertinent parameters on the local skin-friction coefficient, the wall couple stress, and the local Nusselt number are tabulated and discussed. The results show that the inverse Darcy number has the effect of enhancing both velocity and temperature and suppressing angular velocity. It is also found that the local skin-friction coefficient decreases, while the local Nusselt number increases as the melting parameter increases.

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.

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.

Effects of g-jitter and radiation on three-dimensional double diffusion stagnation point nanofluid flow

The unsteady double diffusion of the boundary layer with the nanofluid flow near a three-dimensional(3D)stagnation point body is studied under a microgravity environment.The effects of g-jitter and thermal radiation exist under the microgravity environment,where there is a gravitational field with fluctuations.The flow problem is mathematically formulated into a system of equations derived from the physical laws and principles under the no-slip boundary condition.With the semi-similar transformation technique,the dimensional system of equations is reduced into a dimensionless system of equations,where the dependent variables of the problem are lessened.A numerical solution for the flow problem derived from the system of dimensionless partial differential equations is obtained with the Keller box method,which is an implicit finite difference approach.The effects studied are analyzed in terms of the physical quantities of principle interest with the fluid behavior characteristics,the heat transfer properties,and the concentration distributions.The results show that the value of the curvature ratio parameter represents the geometrical shape of the boundary body,where the stagnation point is located.The increased modulation amplitude parameter produces a fluctuating behavior on all physical quantities studied,where the fluctuating range becomes smaller when the oscillation frequency increases.Moreover,the addition of Cu nanoparticles enhances the thermal conductivity of the heat flux,and the thermal radiation could increase the heat transfer properties.

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.

Slip effects on unsteady mixed convection of hybrid nanofluid flow near the stagnation point

The unsteady mixed convection of the Al_(2)O_(3)-Cu/H_(2)O hybrid nanofluid flow near the stagnation point past a vertical plate is analyzed.The bvp4c technique is used to solve the resulting ordinary differential equations.The combined effects of the velocity and thermal slip are addressed.The effects of different relevant physical parameters are studied numerically.The results show that the heat transfer rate is reduced when the volume fraction of the nanoparticles increases,while the unsteadiness parameter has an opposite effect in the opposing flow.The presence of the slip parameter is proven to increase the skin friction coefficient while reduce the local Nusselt number in the buoyancy opposing flow.A contradictory result is observed in the buoyancy assisting flow.Meanwhile,the heat transfer rate is reduced in the buoyancy of the assisting and opposing flows when the thermal slip effect is considered.

Physical criterion study on forward stagnation point heat flux CFD computations at hypersonic speeds

In order to evaluate uncertainties in computational fluid dynamics （CFD） computations of the stagnation point heat flux, a physical criterion is developed. Based on a quasi-one-dimensional hypothesis along the stagnation line, a new stagnation flow model is applied to obtain the governing equations of the flow near the stagnation point at hypersonic speeds. From the above equations, the compatibility relations are given at the stagnation point and along the stagnation line, which consist of the physical criterion for checking the accuracy in the stagnation point heat flux computations. The verification of the criterion is made with various numerical results.

Three-dimensional free bio-convection of nanofluid near stagnation point on general curved isothermal surface

In this paper, the three-dimensional nanofluid bio-convection near a stagnation attachment is studied. With a set of similarity variables, the governing equations embodying the conservation of total mass, momentum, thermal energy, nanoparticles and microorganisms are reduced to a set of fully coupled nonlinear differential equations. The homotopy analysis method （HAM）-finite difference method （FDM） technique is used to obtain exact solutions. The effect of various physical parameters on distribution of the motile microorganisms and the important physical quantities of practical interests are presented and discussed.

Mixed Convection MHD Stagnation Point Flow over a Stretching Surface with the Effects of Heat Source or Sink and Viscous Dissipation

The present study deals with MHD mixed convection stagnation point flow over a stretching sheet with the effects of heat source/sink and viscous dissipation including convective boundary conditions. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary differential equations by applying similarity transformations. These equations are then solved numerically by using finite difference scheme known as the Keller Box method. The effects of various parameters on velocity and temperature profiles are presented graphically interpreted and the results are discussed.

MHD Stagnation Point Flow of a Casson Fluid over a Nonlinearly Stretching Sheet with Viscous Dissipation

Study to analyze the MHD stagnation point flow of a Casson fluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet with viscous dissipation was carried out. The partial differential equations governing this phenomenon were transformed into coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations with suitable similarity transformations. These equations were then solved by finite difference technique known as Keller Box method. The various parameters such as Prandtl number (Pr), Eckert number (Ec), Magnetic parameter (M), Casson parameter (β) and non linear stretching parameter (n) determining the velocity and temperature distributions, the local Skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number governing such a flow were also analyzed. On analysis it was found that the Casson fluid parameter (β) decreased both the fluid velocity and temperature whereas an increase in (β) increased both the heat transfer rate and wall skin-friction coefficient.

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.

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.

Radiation efects on MHD stagnation point flow of nano fluid towards a stretching surface with convective boundary condition

The aim of the present paper is to study the numerical solutions of the steady MHD two dimensional stagnation point flow of an incompressible nano fluid towards a stretching cylinder.The effects of radiation and convective boundary condition are also taken into account.The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis.The resulting nonlinear momentum,energy and nano particle equations are simplifed using similarity transformations.Numerical solutions have been obtained for the velocity,temperature and nanoparticle fraction profles.The influence of physical parameters on the velocity,temperature,nanoparticle fraction,rates of heat transfer and nanoparticle fraction are shown graphically.