MHD flow of Carreau fluid over a variable thickness melting surface subject to Cattaneo-Christov heat flux

Finite Element Method for Non-Newtonian Radiative Maxwell NanoFluid Flow under the Influence of Heat and Mass Transfer

The recent study was concerned with employing the finite element method for heat and mass transfer of MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow over the stretching sheet under the effects of radiations and chemical reactions. Moreover, the effects of viscous dissipation and porous plate were considered. The mathematical model of the flow was described in the form of a set of partial differential equations (PDEs). Further, these PDEs were transformed into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using similarity transformations. Rather than analytical integrations, numerical integration was used to compute integrals obtained by applying the finite element method. The mesh-free analysis and comparison of the finite element method with the finite difference method are also provided to justify the calculated results. The effect of different parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration profile is shown in graphs, and numerical values for physical quantities of interest are also given in a tabular form. In addition, simulations were carried out by employing software that applies the finite element method for solving PDEs. The calculated results are also portrayed in graphs with varying sheet velocities. The results show that the second-order finite difference method is more accurate than the finite element method with linear interpolation polynomial. However, the finite element method requires less number of iterations than the finite difference method in a considered particular case. We had high hopes that this work would act as a roadmap for future researchers entrusted with resolving outstanding challenges in the realm of enclosures utilized in industry and engineering.

Non-linear MHD convective flow of Carreau nanofluid over an exponentially stretching surface with activation energy and viscous dissipation

Numerical approach for a non-linear mixed convective magnetohydrodynamic two-dimensional Carreau nanofluid through an exponentially permeable stretching surface with viscous dissipation and velocity slip under the influence of Arrhenius activation energy in chemical reaction is reported. The effects of thermophoresis and Brownian motion are considered. The governing nonlinear equations of this model are transmuted into ODE’s through similarity variables and solved them with a shooting method based on R-K 4th order. Responses of fluid velocity, transfer rates (heat and mass) versus pertinent parameters of the problem for suitable values are obtained and the computational calculations for friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number for the both suction and injections regions are presented in plots and tables. It is found that fluid velocity is an increasing function of Weissenberg number. Momentum boundary layer thickness is depressed by magnetic field impact. Increasing trend in Carreau fluid temperature is noticed due to larger values of thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects. Concentration field is a decreasing function of Brownian motion but an increasing function of thermophoresis. Activation energy augments the concentration curves and lowered by Schmidt number. Comparison of the results is made with already published results and we got good agreement.