G-jitter induced mixed convection flow of a second grade fluid past an inclined stretching sheet

Abstract

An analysis was carried out to study the mixed convection flow of a non-Newtonian second grade fluid past an inclined stretching sheet in the presence of a g-jitter effect. The transformed governing equation, consisting of coupled non-linear partial differential equations, was solved numerically using an implicit finite-difference scheme known as the Keller-box method. The flow and heat transfer characteristics in terms of velocity and temperature profiles as well as the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients influenced by the amplitude of modulation, frequency of oscillation, inclination angle and second grade parameters were presented graphically and analysed in detail. The findings revealed that the heat transfer coefficient is enhanced with an increase in the second grade parameter, whereas the opposite trend is observed for the skin friction coefficient.