Magnetohydrodynamic Nanofluid Flow over Convectively Heated Porous Radially Stretching Sheet
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Date
2023-11
Authors
Alai, Kulow Alou
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Any material containing pores is termed a Porous media. Extensive research has been
conducted on MHD nanofluid flow through porous materials. Included in these
experiments are parallel-rotating plates surrounded by a porous channel and the
influence of rotation on unstable couette flow. MHD nanofluid flow across a plate heated
by convection atop a stretching sheet immersed in a porous medium has not been taken
into account in any of these research. Consequently, the study’s goal is to investigate the
motion of MHD nanofluids across a convectively heated plate superimposed on a
radially expanding sheet embedded in a porous media. The model is formulated and
non dimensionalised using similarity variables. By employing shooting technique to
transform the boundary conditions and, Runge-Kutta scheme in MATLAB bvp4c, the
system of ODEs are solved. The results obtained are displayed in graphs and others in
tables. The results indicate that with increasing porosity, magnetism and surface
rotation, the flow primary velocity decreases while the temperature profile surges. The
findings from this study will provide beneficial theoretical insight on what parameters
should be varied for maximum profit in a number of sectors like, power engineering
sector, aerodynamic combination, drug recovery systems and water solar heating
system.
Description
A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters of Science (Applied Mathematics) in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences of Kenyatta University, November 2023.
Keywords
Magnetohydrodynamic Nanofluid, Convectively Heated Porous, Radially Stretching Sheet