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Boundary layer flow of a nanofluid over an exponentially stretching sheet with convective boundary conditions

M. Mustafaa, T. Hayat, S. Obaidat

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

ISSN: 0961-5539

Article publication date: 2 August 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to discuss the flow and heat transfer characteristics over an exponentially stretching sheet in a nanofluid with convective boundary conditions. The effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis are also accounted.

Design/methodology/approach

The flow is therefore governed by the Brownian motion parameter (Nb), the thermophoresis parameter (Nt), the Prandtl number (Pr), the Lewis number (Le) and the Biot number (Bi). The analytic solutions of the arising differential systems have been obtained by homotopy analysis method (HAM).

Findings

The temperature rises and the thermal boundary layer thickens with an increase in the Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters. The surface heat and mass transfer appreciably increase with an increase in the Prandtl and Lewis numbers.

Originality/value

The presented results also include the analysis for constant wall temperature.

Keywords

Citation

Mustafaa, M., Hayat, T. and Obaidat, S. (2013), "Boundary layer flow of a nanofluid over an exponentially stretching sheet with convective boundary conditions", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 23 No. 6, pp. 945-959. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-09-2011-0179

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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