Time-dependent three-dimensional Oldroyd-B nanofluid flow due to bidirectional movement of surface with zero mass flux. (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahmad, Manzoor; Shehzad, Sabir Ali; Iqbal, Asif; Taj, Muhammad
• Is Part Of: Advances in mechanical engineering. Volume 12:Number 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: Unsteady flow -- Oldroyd-B fluid -- nanoparticles -- heat transfer -- series solutions; Mechanical engineering -- Periodicals; 621.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1687814020913783
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-8132

Abstract

Unsteady three-dimensional flow of an incompressible Oldroyd-B nanomaterial is reported in this article. The origin of flow is time-dependent surface spreading in lateral directions transversely taking nanoparticles with zero mass flux. The formulated partial differential system is reframed by similarity variables into ordinary differential system. The obtained system is solved by the process of homotopy analysis for dimensional temperature and concentration of nanoparticles. Physical parameter behavior on temperature and concentrations of nanoparticles is examined using graph and tabular data. The surface temperature is also measured and evaluated, and it is found that the temperature is reduced for greater unsteadiness parameter values. We found that the higherβ 1 enhances the curves of nanoparticle concentration and temperature while these curves retard for the incrementing values ofβ 2 . The increasing nature of Brownian movementN b and Lewis number Le corresponds to lower profiles of nanoparticles concentration.