Numerical investigation and sensitivity analysis on bioconvective tangent hyperbolic nanofluid flow towards stretching surface by response surface methodology

Abstract

In a suspension of tangent hyperbolic bionanofluid keeping both nanoparticles and motile microorganisms, the thermobioconvective boundary layer flow was studied through an exponentially stretching surface utilizing response surface methodology (RSM). The constructed model of a tangent hyperbolic nanofluid in boundary layer flow is studied with implications of thermophoresis and Brownian motion. Condition of zero normal flux of nanomaterials is added at the surface to scatter the nanomaterials from the plate surface. The rate of heat transfer is analyzed using convective boundary condition. Numerical shooting strategy with Runge-Kutta scheme is to follow intently behind the similarity transformation to solve the system of governing equations. It is assumed that the output variables of interest are dependent on the governing input parameters. The sensitivity analysis is additionally introduced. It is discovered that the sensitivity of local Nusselt number increments by expanding Lewis and thermophoresis number while the highest non-dimensional Nusselt number appears close to the significant level for the thermophoresis and low level for the Brownian motion variable. Additionally, it is demonstrated that the average maximum mean thickness of motile microorganism appears at the highest level of Brownian motion and thermophoresis number and thermophoresis and Lewis numbers. The results would provide initial guidance for potential manufacture of devices.

Keywords

• Response surface methodology
• Sensitivity analysis
• Convective boundary condition
• Tangent hyperbolic nanoliquid
• Bioconvection