Nonlinear radiative flow of nanofluid in presence of gyrotactic microorganisms and magnetohydrodynamic

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to explore the study of magnetohydrodynamic viscous fluid flow past on a stretching cylinder with nonlinear thermal radiation having gyrotactic microorganisms.

Design/methodology/approach

Appropriate transformations reduce the nonlinear partial differential equation to ordinary ones. Subsequent nonlinear equations are calculated to get convergent series solutions.

Findings

Fluid velocity declines for elevating values of magnetic field parameter. For larger values of curvature parameter near the cylinder temperature reduces.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow of viscous fluid by nonlinear stretching cylinder with nonlinear thermal radiation having gyrotatic microorganisms is not studied yet. The purpose is to study this.

Citation

Hayat, T., Bashir, Z., Qayyum, S. and Alsaedi, A. (2019), "Nonlinear radiative flow of nanofluid in presence of gyrotactic microorganisms and magnetohydrodynamic", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 29 No. 9, pp. 3039-3055. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-12-2018-0790