Rasool Ghulam, Zhang Ting, Chamkha Ali J, Shafiq Anum, Tlili Iskander, Shahzadi Gullnaz
School of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus, Hangzhou 310027, China.
College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
Entropy (Basel). 2019 Dec 22;22(1):18. doi: 10.3390/e22010018.
The current article aims to present a numerical analysis of MHD Williamson nanofluid flow maintained to flow through porous medium bounded by a non-linearly stretching flat surface. The second law of thermodynamics was applied to analyze the fluid flow, heat and mass transport as well as the aspects of entropy generation using Buongiorno model. Thermophoresis and Brownian diffusion is considered which appears due to the concentration and random motion of nanoparticles in base fluid, respectively. Uniform magnetic effect is induced but the assumption of tiny magnetic Reynolds number results in zero magnetic induction. The governing equations (PDEs) are transformed into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using appropriately adjusted transformations. The numerical method is used for solving the so-formulated highly nonlinear problem. The graphical presentation of results highlights that the heat flux receives enhancement for augmented Brownian diffusion. The Bejan number is found to be increasing with a larger Weissenberg number. The tabulated results for skin-friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are given. A decent agreement is noted in the results when compared with previously published literature on Williamson nanofluids.
本文旨在对磁流体动力学(MHD)威廉姆森纳米流体流经由非线性拉伸平面界定的多孔介质的流动进行数值分析。应用热力学第二定律,采用布翁焦尔诺模型分析流体流动、热质传输以及熵产生方面。考虑了热泳和布朗扩散,它们分别是由于纳米颗粒在基液中的浓度和随机运动而出现的。引入了均匀磁效应,但微小磁雷诺数的假设导致磁感应强度为零。通过适当调整变换,将控制方程(偏微分方程)转化为常微分方程。采用数值方法求解如此形成的高度非线性问题。结果的图形展示突出表明,随着布朗扩散增强,热通量增加。发现贝扬数随着魏森贝格数增大而增加。给出了表面摩擦、努塞尔数和舍伍德数的列表结果。与先前发表的关于威廉姆森纳米流体的文献相比,结果显示出良好的一致性。