Nanofluids have attracted many scientists due to their remarkable thermophysical properties.Small percentage of nanoparticles when added to conventional fluid significantly enhances the heat transfer features.Sustaina...Nanofluids have attracted many scientists due to their remarkable thermophysical properties.Small percentage of nanoparticles when added to conventional fluid significantly enhances the heat transfer features.Sustainability and efficiency of nanomaterials have key role in the advancement of nanotechnology.This article analyzes the Hall,Ohmic heating and velocity slip effects on the peristalsis of nanofluid.Convective boundary conditions and heat generation/absorption are considered to facilitate the heat transfer characteristics.Governing equations for the peristaltic flow through a curved channel are derived in curvilinear coordinates.The equations are numerically solved under the assumption of long wavelength and small Reynold number.It has been observed that nanofluid enhances the heat transfer rate and reduces the fluid temperature.Hartman number and Hall parameter show reverse behavior in fluid motion and heat transfer characteristics.In the presence of velocity slip,the pressure gradient rapidly decreases and dominant effect is seen in narrow portion of channel.展开更多
The optimal design of heating and cooling systems must take into account heat radiation which is a non-linear process.In this study,the mixed convection in a radiative magnetohydrodynamic Eyring-Powell copperwater nan...The optimal design of heating and cooling systems must take into account heat radiation which is a non-linear process.In this study,the mixed convection in a radiative magnetohydrodynamic Eyring-Powell copperwater nanofluid over a stretching cylinder was investigated.The energy balance is modeled,taking into account the non-linear thermal radiation and a thermal slip condition.The effects of the embedded flow parameters on the fluid properties,as well as on the skin friction coefficient and heat transfer rate,are analyzed.Unlike in many existing studies,the recent spectral quasi-linearization method is used to solve the coupled nonlinear boundary-value problem.The computational result shows that increasing the nanoparticle volume fraction,thermal radiation parameter and heat generation parameter enhances temperature profile.We found that the velocity slip parameter and the fluid material parameter enhance the skin friction.A comparison of the current numerical results with existing literature for some limiting cases shows excellent agreement.展开更多
文摘Nanofluids have attracted many scientists due to their remarkable thermophysical properties.Small percentage of nanoparticles when added to conventional fluid significantly enhances the heat transfer features.Sustainability and efficiency of nanomaterials have key role in the advancement of nanotechnology.This article analyzes the Hall,Ohmic heating and velocity slip effects on the peristalsis of nanofluid.Convective boundary conditions and heat generation/absorption are considered to facilitate the heat transfer characteristics.Governing equations for the peristaltic flow through a curved channel are derived in curvilinear coordinates.The equations are numerically solved under the assumption of long wavelength and small Reynold number.It has been observed that nanofluid enhances the heat transfer rate and reduces the fluid temperature.Hartman number and Hall parameter show reverse behavior in fluid motion and heat transfer characteristics.In the presence of velocity slip,the pressure gradient rapidly decreases and dominant effect is seen in narrow portion of channel.
文摘The optimal design of heating and cooling systems must take into account heat radiation which is a non-linear process.In this study,the mixed convection in a radiative magnetohydrodynamic Eyring-Powell copperwater nanofluid over a stretching cylinder was investigated.The energy balance is modeled,taking into account the non-linear thermal radiation and a thermal slip condition.The effects of the embedded flow parameters on the fluid properties,as well as on the skin friction coefficient and heat transfer rate,are analyzed.Unlike in many existing studies,the recent spectral quasi-linearization method is used to solve the coupled nonlinear boundary-value problem.The computational result shows that increasing the nanoparticle volume fraction,thermal radiation parameter and heat generation parameter enhances temperature profile.We found that the velocity slip parameter and the fluid material parameter enhance the skin friction.A comparison of the current numerical results with existing literature for some limiting cases shows excellent agreement.
