A novel development of hybrid (MoS2 - SiO2/H2O) nanofluidic curvilinear transport and consequences for effectiveness of shape factors

Background and Objectives: Present article investigates the influence of SiO2/water based nanofluid and MoS2 - SiO2/water based hybrid nanofluid towards a curved stretching surface under the influence of applied transverse magnetic field, thermal radiation, heat generation and slip effects. The governing physical problem is modeled in curvilinear coordinates and the system of partial differential equations are simplified by means of appropriate transformations. Methodology: The system of simplified nonlinear coupled differential equations is tackled numerically by employing shooting algorithm keeping the iterative error less than six decimal places. Significances: Influence of emerging significant parameters are displayed and discussed through graphs. Graphs are plotted for both nanofiuid and hybrid nanofluid velocity, pressure and temperature distributions. Four distinct shapes of nanoparticles are considered for better understanding. Conclusions: From the present numerical investigation it is concluded that hybrid nanofiuid have rapid flow as compare to nanofluid. It is also witnessed that blade shaped nanoparticles of hybrid nanofluid maximum temperature and lowest temperature is observed for brick shaped nanoparticles of nanofluid. (c) 2017 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.