Numerical simulation of magnetohydrodynamics nanofluid flow in a semi-porous channel with a new approach in the least square method. (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Biswal, Uddhaba; Chakraverty, Snehashish; Ojha, Bata Krushna; Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim
• Is Part Of: International communications in heat and mass transfer. Volume 121(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: Coupled differential equations -- Laminar flow -- Least square method (LSM) -- Nanofluid -- Semi-porous channel; Heat -- Transmission -- Periodicals; Mass transfer -- Periodicals; Chaleur -- Transmission -- Périodiques; Transfert de masse -- Périodiques; Heat -- Transmission; Mass transfer; Periodicals; 621.4022
• DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2020.105085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-1933

Abstract

Abstract: Present study deals with the flow of a fluid with added nanoparticles in a semi-permeable channel with a transverse magnetic effect. We have used Maxwell-Garnett and Brinkman models for effective electrical conductivity and viscosity, respectively. Water-based nanofluids with silver and copper nanoparticles have been used in the present investigation. Firstly, governing differential equations have been nondimensionalized with appropriate similarity transformations. We have also proposed an efficient technique to handle coupled differential equations by the weighted residual method (WRM). Here the least square method has been modified to solve coupled linear/nonlinear differential equations. Residual errors are examined graphically to see the efficiency of the proposed scheme. By taking particular values of Hartmann number, Reynolds number, and volume fraction viz. 0.5, 0.5, and 0.05, respectively, it is seen that residual error almost equal to zero in 6th term approximation. Moreover, for validation, present results have been incorporated with previously published works in special cases. Finally, the nature of the solutions has been reviewed by varying the values of the involved parameters. In this regard, the values of volume fraction are taken in between 0.01 and 0.09. Further, the values of the Hartmann number are considered between 0 and 4, and finally, values of the Reynolds number are taken in between 1 and 5.