Thermal Radiation Effects on MHD Stagnation Point Flow of Nanofluid Over a Stretching Sheet in a Porous Medium

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gnaneswara Reddy ◽  
P. Padma ◽  
B. Shankar ◽  
B. J. Gireesha
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Stagnation Point Flow

MHD mixed convection stagnation-point flow of a viscoelastic fluid towards a stretching sheet in a porous medium with heat generation and radiation

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Modather M. Abdou ◽  
E. Roshdy EL-Zahar ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics

An analysis was carried out to study the effect of thermal radiation on magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow and heat transfer characteristics of a non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid near the stagnation point of a vertical stretching sheet in a porous medium with internal heat generation–absorption. The flow is generated because of linear stretching of the sheet and influenced by the uniform magnetic field that is applied horizontally in the flow region. Using a similarity variable, the governing nonlinear partial differential equations have been transformed into a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which are solved numerically using an accurate implicit finite difference scheme. A comparison of the obtained results with previously published numerical results is done and the results are found to be in good agreement. The effects of the viscoelastic fluid parameter, magnetic field parameter, nonuniform heat source–sink, and the thermal radiation parameter on the heat transfer characteristics are presented graphically and discussed. The values of the skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number are tabulated for both cases of assisting and opposing flows.

Stagnation Point Flow through a Porous Medium towards a Radially Stretching Sheet in the Presence of Uniform Suction or Injection and Heat Generation

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem Ali Attia ◽  
Karem Mahmoud Ewis ◽  
Mostafa A. M. Abdeen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Stagnation Point Flow ◽  
Uniform Suction ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Energy Equations

An analysis is made of the steady laminar axisymmetric stagnation point flow of an incompressible viscous fluid in a porous medium impinging on a permeable radially stretching sheet with heat generation or absorption. A uniform suction or blowing is applied normal to the plate which is maintained at a constant temperature. Similarity transformation is used to transform the governing partial differential equations to ordinary differential equations. The finite difference method and generalized Thomas algorithm are used to solve the governing nonlinear momentum and energy equations. The effects of the uniform suction/blowing velocity, the stretching parameter and the heat generation/absorption coefficient on both the flow field and heat transfer are presented and discussed. The results indicate that increasing the stretching parameter or the suction/blowing velocity decreases both the velocity and thermal boundary layer thicknesses. The effect of the stretching parameter on the velocity components is more apparent for suction than blowing while its effect on the temperature and rate of heat transfer at the wall is clearer in the case of blowing than suction.

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