TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical study of MHD effective Prandtl number boundary layer flow of γ Al 2 O 3 nanofluids past a melting surface
AU - Ganesh, N. Vishnu
AU - Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.
AU - Kameswaran, P. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to the honourable referees for their valuable comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the paper. In addition Authors would like to acknowledge and express their gratitude to the United Arab Emirates University , Al Ain, UAE for providing the financial support with Grant No. 31S240-UPAR (2) 2016 .
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PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - This research article numerically studies the influences of an effective Prandtl number along with magnetic field on the melting heat transport characteristics of Ethylene glycol/Water with gamma Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles over a stretching sheet. To analyse the impacts of effective Prandtl number, the non-dimensional melting heat transfer boundary conditions are derived for the first time with and without effective Prandtl number. A non-linear form of thermal radiation is used. The experimental based thermo-physical properties of gamma Al 2 O 3 nanofluids are considered. The electric conductivities of Al 2 O 3 , water and ethylene glycol are used to calculate of effective electric conductivity to study the magnetic field effects. Mathematical models are developed and solved by numerical technique based on the Iterative Power Series (IPS) method with shooting strategy. The numerical outcomes are discussed through plots and tables.
AB - This research article numerically studies the influences of an effective Prandtl number along with magnetic field on the melting heat transport characteristics of Ethylene glycol/Water with gamma Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles over a stretching sheet. To analyse the impacts of effective Prandtl number, the non-dimensional melting heat transfer boundary conditions are derived for the first time with and without effective Prandtl number. A non-linear form of thermal radiation is used. The experimental based thermo-physical properties of gamma Al 2 O 3 nanofluids are considered. The electric conductivities of Al 2 O 3 , water and ethylene glycol are used to calculate of effective electric conductivity to study the magnetic field effects. Mathematical models are developed and solved by numerical technique based on the Iterative Power Series (IPS) method with shooting strategy. The numerical outcomes are discussed through plots and tables.
KW - Effective Prandtl number
KW - MHD
KW - Melting heat transfer
KW - Nanofluids
KW - Non-linear thermal radiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.csite.2019.100413
DO - 10.1016/j.csite.2019.100413
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062189855
SN - 2214-157X
VL - 13
JO - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
JF - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
M1 - 100413
ER -