A comparative analysis on the dynamics of solid-liquid interfacial layer and nanoparticle diameter of magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow containing spherical and cylindrical-shaped alumina nanoparticles over a stretching curved surface.

In this work, a comparative analysis on magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow containing spherical and cylindrical-shaped alumina nanoparticles over a stretching curved surface is mainly focused. The effects of Brownian motion, Joule heating, thermophoresis, chemical reaction and activation energy are taken into consideration in this work. It is important to mention that this analysis considers a 4 % volume fraction of the alumina nanoparticles. A thermal convective and zero-mass flux conditions are imposed to scrutinize the heat transfer analysis. The leading equations are transformed into dimensionless form by using suitable similarity variables. A numerical solution is obtained using the shooting technique. The acquired outcomes depict that greater magnetic factor enhances the skin friction coefficient. The greater magnetic factor, thermal Biot number, Eckert number, and interfacial layer thickness augment the heat transfer rate, while a greater nanoparticle diameter diminishes the thermal transfer rate. A higher magnetic factor has an increasing impact on thermal distribution and a reducing impact on velocity distribution. A greater curvature factor enhances both the velocity and thermal distributions. The concentration distribution is enhanced by the higher interfacial layer thickness and activation energy factor, while it is reduced by a higher nanoparticle diameter, Brownian motion factor, and chemical reaction factor. From the comparative analysis, it is found that the velocity, thermal, and concentration distributions are higher for the cylindrical-shaped nanoparticles compared to spherical-shaped nanoparticles.