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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS
Volume 132, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11633-3
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- UGC under UGC Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme [F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/MA/13-14/0026]
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In the current study, we investigated the impact of thermophoresis and Brownian moment on the boundary layer 2D forced convection flow of a magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid along a persistently moving horizontal needle with frictional heating effect. The various pertinent parameters are taken into account in the present analysis, namely, the thermophoresis and Brownian moment, uneven heat source/sink, Joule heating and frictional heating effects. To check the variation in the boundary layer behavior, we considered two distinct nanoparticles namely Al50Cu50 (alloy with 50% alumina and 50% copper) and Cu with water as base liquid. Numerical solutions are derived for the reduced system of governing PDEs by employing the shooting process. Computational results of the flow, energy and mass transport are interpreted with the support of tables and graphical illustrations. The obtained results indicate that the increase in the needle size significantly reduces the flow and thermal fields. In particular, the velocity field of the Cu-water nanofluid is highly affected when compared with the Al50Cu50-water nanofluid. Also, we showed that the thermophoresis and Brownian moment parameters are capable of enhancing the thermal conductivity to a great extent.
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