Mixed Convective Viscoelastic Nanofluid Flow Past a Porous Media with Soret—Dufour Effects. (1st July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramzan, M.; Yousaf, Farhan; Farooq, M.; Chung, Jae Dong
• Is Part Of: Communications in theoretical physics. Volume 66:Number 1(2016:Jul.)
• Page Start: 133
• Page End: 142
• Publication Date: 2016-07-01
• Subjects: 47.15.Cb -- 46.15.Ff; mixed convection -- porous media -- nanofluid flow -- soret-dufour effects; Physics -- Periodicals; 530.105
• DOI: 10.1088/0253-6102/66/1/133
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0253-6102

Abstract

Abstract: The present study is carried out to see the thermal-diffusion (Dufour) and diffusion-thermo (Soret) effects on the mixed convection boundary layer flow of viscoelastic nanofluid flow over a vertical stretching surface in a porous medium. Optimal homotopy analysis method (OHAM) is best candidate to handle highly nonlinear system of differential equations obtained from boundary layer partial differential equations via appropriate transformations. Graphical illustrations depicting different physical arising parameters against velocity, temperature and concentration distributions with required discussion have also been added. Numerically calculated values of skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are given in the form of table and well argued. It is found that nanofluid velocity increases with increase in mixed convective and viscoelastic parameters but it decreases with the increasing values of porosity parameter. Also, it is observed that Dufour number has opposite behavior on temperature and concentration profiles.