Numerical study of boundary layer flow and heat transfer of oldroyd-B nanofluid towards a stretching sheet

In the present article, we considered two-dimensional steady incompressible Oldroyd-B nanofluid flow past a stretching sheet. Using appropriate similarity variables, the partial differential equations are transformed to ordinary (similarity) equations, which are then solved numerically. The effects...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2013-08, Vol.8 (8), p.e69811
Hauptverfasser: Nadeem, Sohail, Ul Haq, Rizwan, Akbar, Noreen Sher, Lee, Changhoon, Khan, Zafar Hayat
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Zusammenfassung:In the present article, we considered two-dimensional steady incompressible Oldroyd-B nanofluid flow past a stretching sheet. Using appropriate similarity variables, the partial differential equations are transformed to ordinary (similarity) equations, which are then solved numerically. The effects of various parameters, namely, Deborah numbers [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], Prandtl parameter [Formula: see text], Brownian motion [Formula: see text], thermophoresis parameter [Formula: see text] and Lewis number [Formula: see text], on flow and heat transfer are investigated. To see the validity of the present results, we have made the comparison of present results with the existing literature.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0069811