Radiative nanofluid flow over a slender stretching Riga plate under the impact of exponential heat source/sink

Abstract

Recognizing the flow behaviours across a Riga plate can reveal information about the aerodynamic efficiency of aircraft, heat propagation, vehicles, and other structures. These data are critical for optimizing design and lowering drag. Therefore, the purpose of the current analysis is to examine the energy and mass transfer across the mixed convective nanofluid flows over an extending Riga plate. The fluid flow is deliberated under the influences of viscous dissipation, exponential heat source/sink, activation energy, and thermal radiation. The Buongiorno’s concept is utilized for the thermophoretic effect and Brownian motion along with the convective conditions. The modelled are simplified into the lowest order by using similarity transformation. The obtained set of non-dimensional ordinary differential equations is then numerically solved through the parametric continuation method. For accuracy and validation of the outcomes, the results are compared to the existing studies. From the graphical analysis, it can be observed that the fluid velocity boosts with the rising values of the divider thickness parameter. The fluid temperature also improves with the effect of Biot number, Eckert number, and heat source factor. Furthermore, the effect of heat source sink factor drops the fluid temperature.

Keywords

• thermal radiation
• viscous dissipation
• numerical solution
• mixed convection
• exponential heat source/sink
• slender sheet