Shape impact of nanomaterial on MHD flow involving melting surface

Abstract

The applications of the nanofluid as a new heat transfer technique have been widely increased in various industrial and scientific applications. In this research, impact of melting sheet on nanomaterial flow within rotating unit is comprehensively investigated. The primary focus of current article is to study the influence of different shapes of nanoparticles on the main thermal characteristic. In addition, the hydrodynamic properties of the nanofluid is analyzed. To solve ODEs of our problem, Runge-Kutta method is selected from similarity transformation. Comprehensive parametric studies are done to reveal the roles and impact of concentration of nanomaterial, shape factor, magnetic parameter, rotation and Reynolds number on the thermal feature of the nanofluid. Outcomes disclose that selecting Platelet shape leads to highest Nu. Our findings also show that Nu boosts with augment of magnetic parameter while it reduces with rise of melting parameters. Keywords: Melting heat transfer, Stretching sheet, Nanofluid, Rotating system, Magnetic field