Heat and mass transfer characteristics of MHD three-dimensional flow over a stretching sheet filled with water-based alumina nanofluid

Purpose This paper aims to understand the influence of velocity slip, nanoparticle volume fraction, chemical reaction and non-linear thermal radiation on MHD three-dimensional heat and mass transfer boundary layer flow over a stretching sheet filled with water-based alumina nanofluid. To get more me...

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Published in:	International journal of numerical methods for heat & fluid flow Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 532 - 546
Main Authors:	A. Reddy, P. Sudarsan, Chamkha, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 05-03-2018 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:	Aluminum oxide Boundary conditions Boundary layer flow Boundary layers Brownian motion Chemical engineering Chemical reactions Coefficient of friction Computational fluid dynamics Computer simulation Concentration (composition) Continuous casting Deceleration Differential equations Finite element method Fluid flow Fluids Galerkin method Heat Heat conductivity Heat transfer Kinematics Magnetic fields Magnetohydrodynamics Mass Mass transfer Nanofluids Nanoparticles Parameters Partial differential equations Polymers Prandtl number Profiles Radiation Reynolds number Skin Skin friction Stretching Suction Tables Temperature Thermal boundary layer Thermal radiation Three dimensional flow Velocity Viscosity Three-dimensional fluid Chemical reaction Velocity slip Non-linear thermal radiation MHD water nanofluid Al O
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Summary:	Purpose This paper aims to understand the influence of velocity slip, nanoparticle volume fraction, chemical reaction and non-linear thermal radiation on MHD three-dimensional heat and mass transfer boundary layer flow over a stretching sheet filled with water-based alumina nanofluid. To get more meaningful results, the authors have taken nonlinear thermal radiation in the heat transfer process. Design/methodology/approach Suitable similarity variables are introduced to convert governing partial differential equations into the set of ordinary differential equations, and are solved numerically using a versatile, extensively validated finite element method with Galerkin’s weighted residual simulation. The velocity, temperature and concentration profiles of nanoparticles as well as skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number for different non-dimensional parameters such as volume fraction, magnetic, radiation and velocity slip parameters as well as the Prandtl number are examined in detail, and are presented through plots and tables. Findings It is noticed that the rate of heat transfer enhances with higher values of nanoparticle volume fraction parameter. It is worth mentioning that the heat transfer rates improve as the values of increase. Increasing values of M, R, θw and β decelerates the thickness of the thermal boundary layer in the fluid regime. The heat transfer rates decelerate as the values of suction parameter increase. Originality/value The authors have written this paper based on the best of their knowledge on heat and mass transfer analysis of nanofluids. The information in this paper is new and not copied from any other sources.
ISSN:	0961-5539 1758-6585
DOI:	10.1108/HFF-02-2017-0061