Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge

Casson fluid is a shear thinning fluid which is one of the non-Newtonian fluids that exhibit yield stress. In this fluid, if a shear stress less than the yield stress is applied, it behaves like a solid, whereas if vice-versa the fluid starts to move. The advantage of Casson fluid is that it can b...

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Main Author: Ullah, Imran
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spelling my-utm-ep.791242018-09-30T08:17:29Z Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge 2017 Ullah, Imran QA Mathematics Casson fluid is a shear thinning fluid which is one of the non-Newtonian fluids that exhibit yield stress. In this fluid, if a shear stress less than the yield stress is applied, it behaves like a solid, whereas if vice-versa the fluid starts to move. The advantage of Casson fluid is that it can be reduced to Newtonian fluid at very high wall shear stress. Due to these reasons, the steady and unsteady two-dimensional, electrically conducting mixed convection flow of Casson fluid was studied in this thesis. Flow that was generated due to nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge filled with and without nanoparticles were given attention. Specific problems were studied with various effects include, porous medium, thermal radiation, chemical reaction, slip and convective boundary conditions. Similarity transformations were used to convert nonlinear governing equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The obtained equations were then solved numerically via the implicit finite difference scheme, known as Keller-box method. Moreover, an algorithm was developed in MATLAB software in order to obtain the numerical solutions. The accuracy of the numerical results was validated through comparison with the results available in the published journal. The effects of pertinent parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles as well as wall shear stress, heat and mass transfer rates were displayed graphically and also presented in tabular form. Findings reveals that, when Casson fluid parameter increases the momentum boundary layer thickness reduces in both cases, nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge. It is noticed that in the case of moving wedge, the strength of magnetic parameter reduces the wall shear stress. Whereas, opposite trend is observed in the case of nonlinear stretching sheet. In both geometries, the influence of Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters on the nanoparticles concentration is notably more pronounced. 2017 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79124/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79124/1/ImranUllahPFS2017.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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Ullah, Imran
Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
description Casson fluid is a shear thinning fluid which is one of the non-Newtonian fluids that exhibit yield stress. In this fluid, if a shear stress less than the yield stress is applied, it behaves like a solid, whereas if vice-versa the fluid starts to move. The advantage of Casson fluid is that it can be reduced to Newtonian fluid at very high wall shear stress. Due to these reasons, the steady and unsteady two-dimensional, electrically conducting mixed convection flow of Casson fluid was studied in this thesis. Flow that was generated due to nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge filled with and without nanoparticles were given attention. Specific problems were studied with various effects include, porous medium, thermal radiation, chemical reaction, slip and convective boundary conditions. Similarity transformations were used to convert nonlinear governing equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The obtained equations were then solved numerically via the implicit finite difference scheme, known as Keller-box method. Moreover, an algorithm was developed in MATLAB software in order to obtain the numerical solutions. The accuracy of the numerical results was validated through comparison with the results available in the published journal. The effects of pertinent parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles as well as wall shear stress, heat and mass transfer rates were displayed graphically and also presented in tabular form. Findings reveals that, when Casson fluid parameter increases the momentum boundary layer thickness reduces in both cases, nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge. It is noticed that in the case of moving wedge, the strength of magnetic parameter reduces the wall shear stress. Whereas, opposite trend is observed in the case of nonlinear stretching sheet. In both geometries, the influence of Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters on the nanoparticles concentration is notably more pronounced.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Ullah, Imran
author_facet Ullah, Imran
author_sort Ullah, Imran
title Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
title_short Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
title_full Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
title_fullStr Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
title_full_unstemmed Steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
title_sort steady and unsteady mhd mixed convection flow of casson and casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet and moving wedge
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
granting_department Faculty of Science
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79124/1/ImranUllahPFS2017.pdf
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