MHD stagnation point flow of Carreau nanofluid over a radially stretching sheet

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
G Thirupathi 1
K Govardhan 2
G Narender 3
1 Department of Mathematics, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies,Basar,Telangana State, India
2 Department of Mathematics, GITAM University, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
3 Department of H&S (Mathematics), CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
10.22075/ijnaa.2021.24062.2662
Abstract
The numerical investigation on the flow of Carreau nanofluid past a radially stretching sheet close to a stagnation point along with convective boundary conditions has been considered. Moreover, the radiation effects and magnetic field are examined. In addition to this, the effects of heat generation/absorption are also explored. The conversion of non-linear partial differential equations describing the proposed flow problem to a set of ordinary differential equations has been carried out by employing appropriate similarity transformations. The numerical solution of the proposed flow equations is derived by the shooting method. The impact of pertinent flow parameters on the non-dimensional velocity, temperature and concentration profiles have been illustrated via tables and graphs. The limiting case of the present study affirms that the obtained numerical results reflect a very good agreement with those from open literature.
Keywords
Carreau nanofluid
heat generation/absorption
thermal radiation
MHD
Stagnation point
radially stretching sheet
International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 14, Issue 1
January 2023
Pages 1093-1109

  • Receive Date 24 July 2021
  • Revise Date 01 August 2021
  • Accept Date 21 August 2021

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