A simultaneous study of unsteady flow of MHD Casson and Williamson
nanofluid past a slippery inclined flat surface
Abstract
In the current study, we have simultaneously addressed a problem related
to the unsteady heat and mass transmission processes in Casson and
Williamson nanofluid (i.e., nano sized particles are suspended in
considered non-Newtonian fluids). Here both the fluids are considered
with electrically conducting property and it is guessed that fluid flow
is due to the slippery inclined stretching flat sheet with the
appearance of a non-uniform internal heat generation/absorbtion effect.
This study also explores the response of viscous dissipation, magnetic
strength and Joule heating. Thermophoresis impact along with Brownian
motion effect is incorporated and Buongiorno’s model is employed to
examine these two aspects. Non-linear equations are made more simpler
with the assistance of similarity variables. The numerical solutions are
calculated by two different methods, viz., the Runga-Kutta Fehlberg
method and bvp5c (along with shooting method) in MATLAB. Graphs are used
to express the numerically examined results of concentration, velocity,
temperature, Sherwood number, skin friction coefficient and Nusselt
number. There is a very good correlation between the current findings
and prior published studies in a few specific, constrained situations.
The unsteadiness parameter is observed to have a diminishing
relationship with the Casson and Williamson fluid momentum boundary
layer thickness, thermal profile, and nanoparticle concentration
profile. It’s important to remember that a magnetic field raises both
the temperature and the nanoparticle concentration within boundary
layer.