Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Apr 2025)

Exploration of physical characteristics of gyrotactic microorganisms and Cattaneo-Christov heat flux past a cone and a wedge with thermal radiation

  • G. Dharmaiah,
  • K.S. Balamurugan,
  • H. Saxena,
  • U. Fernandez-Gamiz,
  • S. Noeiaghdam,
  • Maddina Dinesh Kumar,
  • C.S.K. Raju

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68
p. 105916

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Background: Microorganisms make biofuel production and synthesizing various compounds and enzymes possible. They serve as excellent model organisms for study. They have been turned into weapons and are occasionally utilised in bioterrorism and combat. Novelty: The study's novelty is exploring spectacular features of microorganisms, such as Cattaneo-Christov radiative flux over a permeable geometry. Approach: The shooting method with MATLAB built-in BVP4C solver has been utilised. Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, as Weissenberg's number rises, so does the fluid velocity. To strengthen the temperature description, the temperature-ratio parameter values rise. The field of concentration decreases for a significant Lewis number.

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