Frontiers in Materials (Aug 2024)
Irreversible mechanism and thermal cross-radiative flow in nanofluids driven along a stretching/shrinking sheet with the existence of possible turning/critical points
Abstract
The significant increase in thermal efficiency and the rate of energy exchange used in fuel dynamics and automobile coolants are leading to a better understanding of nanofluids. This computational analysis explores the thermal conductivity performance for radiative cross-flow of a nanofluid across an expanding/constricting sheet with a suction effect as a result of its application. To compute or calculate the magnificent point of nanofluid flow, the entropy, and asymmetrical heat source/sink effects are also elicited. The boundary layers traverse a stream-wise procedure for expanding and contracting sheets. Additionally, the study examines the features of heat transfer and cross-flow of nanofluids using numerical simulations. By employing similarity variables, the basic PDE equations of the current model are transformed into ODEs, and they are subsequently evaluated using the bvp4c method. Therefore, the effects of embedded flow variables on drag force, heat transfer rate, and entropy generation profiles have been framed using parametric research. Multiple solutions are offered for a specific range of the contracting parameter as well as the mass suction parameter. In addition, the heat transfer rate accelerates due to the heat source and decelerates due to the heat sink. The literature that is already published has been compared favorably, and it reveals many commonalities.
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