Viscous Dissipation and Radiation Effects on MHD Boundary Layer Flow of a Nanofluid Past a Rotating Stretching Sheet

M. Wahiduzzaman¹, Md. Shakhaoath Khan², P. Biswas¹, Ifsana Karim², M. S. Uddin¹

¹Mathematics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
²Discipline of Chemical Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2015.63050                

Abstract

Viscous dissipation and radiative heat transfer in nanofluid with the influence of magnetic field over a rotating stretching surface has been investigated numerically. The steady laminar boundary layer flow is considered in this study. The governing boundary-layer equations are formulated and transformed into nonlinear ordinary coupled differential equations by using similarity variables. The governing equations are solved numerically using the Nactsheim-Swigert Shooting iteration technique together with the Runge-Kutta six order iteration schemes with the help of a computer programming language Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6a. The simulation results are presented graphically to illustrate influence of well-known parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration distributions as well as skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt and Sherwood number at the sheet.

Keywords

Nanofluid, Viscous Dissipation, Thermal Radiation, Stretching Sheet, Nactsheim-Swigert Shooting Iteration Technique

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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