Scientific Reports (Sep 2024)

Analysis of fractionalized Brinkman flow in the presence of diffusion effect

  • Shajar Abbas,
  • Muhammad Ramzan,
  • Inamullah Inam,
  • Salman Saleem,
  • Mudassar Nazar,
  • Dilsora Abduvalieva,
  • Hakim AL Garalleh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72785-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Abstract A vertical plate experiences a dynamic flow of fractionalized Brinkman fluid governed by fluctuating magnetic forces. This study considers heat absorption and diffusion-thermo effects. The novelty of model is the fractionalized Fourier’s and Fick’s laws. The problem is solved using the constant proportional Caputo derivative and Laplace transform method. The resulting non-dimensional equations for temperature, mass, and velocity fields are solved and compared visually. We explore the influence of various parameters like the fractional order, heat absorption/generation (Q), chemical reaction rate (R), and magnetic field strength (M) through informative graphs. Additionally, we contrast the velocity fields of fractionalized and regular fluids. The visualizations reveal that diffusion-thermo and mass Grashof number enhance fluid velocity, while chemical reaction and magnetic field tend to suppress it. For the interest of engineering, physical quantities such as Sherwood number, skin friction, and Nusselt number are computed. The present study satisfying all initial and boundary condition can be reduced to to previous published work which shows the validity of present work.

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