Mutuku, W.N.Makinde, O.D.Theuri, D.2017-12-312017-12-312017Journal of Nanofluids, Volume 6, Number 6, December 2017, pp. 1065-1073(9)http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/18071Research ArticleA numerical analysis is performed on the combined effects of Joule heating and viscous dissipation on a steady two-dimensional flow of an electrically conducting water-based nanofluid containing three different nanoparticles: copper (Cu), aluminium oxide (Al2O3) and Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) past an inclined plate comparing both suction and injection. Using a similarity transformation, the governing non-linear partial differential equations are converted into a system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations and then solved numerically using shooting technique with a fourth-order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg integration scheme. Graphical results are presented and the effects of pertinent parameters on the dimensionless velocity and temperature quantitatively discussed. The numerical values of the rate of heat transfer '(0) and the shear stress f''(0) presented in a table. The results show that there are significant effects of the controlling parameters on the flow fields.enHydromagneticInclined PlateMixed ConvectionNanofluidSlip FlowArticle