Combined effects of non-uniform heat source/sink and thermal radiation on heat transfer over an unsteady stretching permeable surface

The present paper is concerned with the study of flow and heat transfer characteristics in the unsteady laminar boundary layer flow of an incompressible viscous fluid over continuously stretching permeable surface in the presence of a non-uniform heat source/sink and thermal radiation. The unsteadiness in the flow and temperature fields is because of the time-dependent stretching velocity and surface temperature. Similarity transformations are used to convert the governing time-dependent nonlinear boundary layer equations for momentum and thermal energy are reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations containing Prandtl number, non-uniform heat source/sink parameter, thermal radiation and unsteadiness parameter with appropriate boundary conditions. These equations are solved numerically by applying shooting method using Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method. Comparison of numerical results is made with the earlier published results under limiting cases. The effects of the unsteadiness parameter, thermal radiation, suction/injection parameter, non-uniform heat source/sink parameter on flow and heat transfer characteristics as well as on the local Nusselt number are shown graphically.     

DTM-BF方法和可渗透收缩壁面上带滑移速度的非稳态磁流体力学流动

研究了运动的粘性导电流体中可渗透收缩壁面上非稳态磁流体边界层流动,利用解析和数值方法对问题进行了研究,并考虑了壁面速度滑移的影响．提出了一个新的解析方法（DTM-BF）,并将其应用于求解带有无穷远边界条件的非线性控制方程的近似解析解．对所有的解析结果和数值结果进行了对比,结果显示两者非常吻合,从而证明了DTM-BF方法的有效性．另外,对不同的参数,得到了控制方程双解和单解的存在范围．最后,分别讨论了滑移参数、非稳态参数、磁场参数、抽吸/喷注参数和速度比例参数对壁面摩擦、唯一解速度分布和双解速度分布的影响．     

Free convection effects on the oscillatory flow past a vertical porous plate in the presence of radiation for an optically thin fluid

The purpose of this work is to study the effect of transverse sinusoidal suction velocity on the flow and mass transfer on free convective oscillatory viscous and optically thin grey fluid over a porous vertical plate in the presence of radiation. The flow becomes three-dimensional due to the variation of suction velocity in the transverse direction. Analytical expressions for velocity and temperature fields are obtained using the perturbation technique. The governing equations has been transformed to ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions are obtained for different values of radiation parameter, Grashof number and Schmidt number. It is found that non-dimensional velocity decreases with increase of radiation parameter, increases with increase of Grashof number, decreases with increase of Schmidt number and non-dimensional temperature decreases with the increase of radiation parameter.     

Heat transfer over an unsteady stretching permeable surface with prescribed wall temperature

The unsteady laminar boundary layer flow over a continuously stretching permeable surface is investigated. The unsteadiness in the flow and temperature fields is caused by the time-dependence of the stretching velocity and the surface temperature. Effects of the unsteadiness parameter, suction/injection parameter and Prandtl number on the heat transfer characteristics are thoroughly examined.     

The effect of variable viscosity on MHD viscoelastic fluid flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet

An analysis has been carried out to study the momentum and heat transfer characteristics in an incompressible electrically conducting non-Newtonian boundary layer flow of a viscoelastic fluid over a stretching sheet. The partial differential equations governing the flow and heat transfer characteristics are converted into highly non-linear coupled ordinary differential equations by similarity transformations. The effect of variable fluid viscosity, Magnetic parameter, Prandtl number, variable thermal conductivity, heat source/sink parameter and thermal radiation parameter are analyzed for velocity, temperature fields, and wall temperature gradient. The resultant coupled highly non-linear ordinary differential equations are solved numerically by employing a shooting technique with fourth order Runge–Kutta integration scheme. The fluid viscosity and thermal conductivity, respectively, assumed to vary as an inverse and linear function of temperature. The analysis reveals that the wall temperature profile decreases significantly due to increase in magnetic field parameter. Further, it is noticed that the skin friction of the sheet decreases due to increase in the Magnetic parameter of the flow characteristics.     

Flow and heat transfer of double fractional Maxwell fluids over a stretching sheet with variable thickness

This paper presents research on the fractional boundary layer flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet with variable thickness. Based on the Caputo operators, the double fractional Maxwell model and generalized Fourier's law are introduced to the constitutive relationships. The governing equations are solved numerically by utilizing the finite difference method. The effects of fractional parameters on the velocity and temperature field are analyzed. The results indicate that the larger is the fractional stress parameter, the stronger is the elastic characteristic. However, fluids show viscous fluid-like behavior for a larger value of fractional strain parameter. Moreover, the numerical solutions are in good agreement with the exact solution and the convergence order can achieve the expected first order. The numerical method in this study is reliable and can be extended to other fractional boundary layer problems over a variable thickness sheet.     

Creeping flow analysis of slightly non-Newtonian fluid in a uniformly porous slit

This paper provides the analysis of the steady, creeping flow of a special class of slightly viscoelastic, incompressible fluid through a slit having porous walls with uniform porosity. The governing two dimensional flow equations along with non-homogeneous boundary conditions are non-dimensionalized. Recursive approach is used to solve the resulting equations. Expressions for stream function, velocity components, volumetric flow rate, pressure distribution, shear and normal stresses in general and on the walls of the slit, fractional absorption and leakage flux are derived. Points of maximum velocity components are also identified. A graphical study is carried out to show the effect of porosity and non-Newtonian parameter on above mentioned resulting expressions. It is observed that axial velocity of the fluid decreases with the increase in porosity and non-Newtonian parameter. The outcome of this theoretical study has significant importance both in industry and biosciences.     

Unsteady mixed convection heat transfer along a vertical stretching surface with variable viscosity and viscous dissipation

The effect of variable viscosity on laminar mixed convection flow and heat transfer along a semi-infinite unsteady stretching sheet taking into account the effect of viscous dissipation is studied. The flow of the fluid and subsequent heat transfer from the stretching surface is investigated with the aid of suitable transformation variables. Solutions for the velocity and temperature fields are obtained for some representative values of the unsteadiness parameter, variable viscosity parameter, mixed convection parameter and Eckert number. Typical velocity and temperature profiles, the local skin friction coefficient and the local heat transfer rate are presented at selected controlling parameters.     

Exact analytic solutions for the unsteady flow of a non-Newtonian fluid between two cylinders with fractional derivative model

The velocity field and the associated shear stress corresponding to the torsional oscillatory flow of a generalized Maxwell fluid, between two infinite coaxial circular cylinders, are determined by means of the Laplace and Hankel transforms. Initially, the fluid and cylinders are at rest and after some time both cylinders suddenly begin to oscillate around their common axis with different angular frequencies of their velocities. The solutions that have been obtained are presented under integral and series forms in terms of generalized G and R functions. Moreover, these solutions satisfy the governing differential equation and all imposed initial and boundary conditions. The respective solutions for the motion between the cylinders, when one of them is at rest, can be obtained from our general solutions. Furthermore, the corresponding solutions for the similar flow of ordinary Maxwell fluid are also obtained as limiting cases of our general solutions. At the end, flows corresponding to the ordinary Maxwell and generalized Maxwell fluids are shown and compared graphically by plotting velocity profiles at different values of time and some important results are remarked.     

可渗透收缩薄膜引起的三维不稳定边界层流动

研究可渗透收缩薄膜上的不稳定粘性流动．通过相似变换得到相似方程．在不同的不稳定参数、质量吸入参数、收缩参数、Prandtl数下,数值地求解相似方程,得到速度和温度的分布,以及表面摩擦因数和Nusselt数等．结果发现,与不稳定的伸展薄膜不同,在质量吸入参数和不稳定参数的某一范围内,可渗透收缩薄膜上的不稳定流动存在双重解．     

Unsteady MHD Couette flow in a rotating system

The unsteady hydromagnetic Couette flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid in a rotating system has been considered. An exact solution of the governing equations has been obtained by using a Laplace transform. Solutions for the velocity distributions as well as shear stresses have been obtained for small times as well as for large times. It is found that for large times the primary velocity decreases with increase in the rotation parameter K² while it increases with increase in the magnetic parameter M². It is also found that with increase in K², the secondary velocity v₁ decreases near the stationary plate while it increases near the moving plate. On the other hand, the secondary velocity decreases with increase in the magnetic parameter.     

Hiemenz flow and heat transfer of a third grade fluid

The laminar flow and heat transfer of an incompressible, third grade, electrically conducting fluid impinging normal to a plane in the presence of a uniform magnetic field is investigated. The heat transfer analysis has been carried out for two heating processes, namely, (i) with prescribed surface temperature (PST-case) and (ii) prescribed surface heat flux (PHF-case). By means of the similarity transformation, the governing non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations and are solved by a second-order numerical technique. Effects of various non-Newtonian fluid parameters, magnetic parameter, Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature fields have been investigated in detail and shown graphically. It is found that the velocity gradient at the wall decreases as the third grade fluid parameter increases.     

Channel flow of a Maxwell fluid with chemical reaction

This work is concerned with the two-dimensional boundary layer flow of an upper-convected Maxwell (UCM) fluid in a channel with chemical reaction. The walls of the channel are porous. Employing similarity transformations the governing non-linear partial differential equations are reduced into non-linear ordinary differential equations. The resulting ordinary differential equations are solved analytically using homotopy analysis method (HAM). Expressions for series solutions are derived. The convergence of the obtained series solutions are shown explicitly. The effects of Reynold’s number Re, Deborah number De, Schmidt number Sc and chemical reaction parameter γ on the velocity and the concentration fields are shown through graphs and discussed.     

Non-Darcy unsteady mixed convection flow near the stagnation point on a heated vertical surface embedded in a porous medium with thermal radiation and variable viscosity

The unsteady mixed convection boundary layer flow near the stagnation point on a heated vertical plate embedded in a fluid saturated porous medium is studied. It is assumed that the unsteadiness is caused by the impulsive motion of the free stream velocity and by sudden increase in the surface temperature. Both the buoyancy assisting and the buoyancy opposing flow situations are considered with combined effects of the first and second order resistance of solid matrix of non-Darcy porous medium, variable viscosity and radiation. The problem is reduced to a system of non-dimensional partial differential equations, which is solved numerically using the Keller-box method. The features of the flow and the heat transfer characteristics for different values of the governing parameters are analyzed and discussed. The surface shear stress and the heat transfer of the present study are compared with the available results and a good agreement is found.     

流过半无限竖直可渗透壁面时的磁流体动力学自由对流

研究不可压缩粘性导电流体,流过半无限竖直可渗透平板时,将其偏微分形式的流动和传热的基本控制方程,应用适当的相似变换,简化为非线性的常微分方程组．对两种抽吸参数:大的和小的抽吸参数,采用摄动法得到变换后方程的近似解．数值结果表明,随着磁场参数和抽吸参数的增大,任意点的速度场在减小;磁场参数的影响,引起热边界层厚度的增大;速度和温度场随着热汇参数的增大而减小．     

Study of magnetohydrodynamic pulsatile flow in a constricted channel

The present work reports the study of steady and pulsatile flows of an electrically conducting fluid in a differently shaped locally constricted channel in presence of an external transverse uniform magnetic field. The governing nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic equations simplified for low conducting fluids are solved numerically by finite difference method using stream function-vorticity formulation. The analysis reveals that the flow separation region is diminished with increasing values of magnetic parameter. It is noticed that the increase in the magnetic field strength results in the progressive flattening of axial velocity. The variations of wall shear stress with increasing values of the magnetic parameter are shown for both steady and pulsatile flow conditions. The streamline and vorticity distributions in magnetohydrodynamic flow are also shown graphically and discussed.     

MHD stagnation-point flow of an upper-convected Maxwell fluid over a stretching surface

The present analysis comprises the steady two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic flow of an upper-convected Maxwell fluid near a stagnation-point over a stretching surface. The governing non-linear partial differential equation for the flow are reduced to an ordinary differential equation by using similarity transformations. The analytic solution of nonlinear system is constructed in the series form using Homotopy analysis method. Convergence of the obtained series is discussed explicitly. The effects of the sundry parameters on the velocity profile is shown through graphs. The values of skin-friction coefficient for different parameters is tabulated.     

Peristaltic motion of a magnetohydrodynamic micropolar fluid in a tube

This study is concerned with the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a micropolar fluid in a circular cylindrical tube. The equations governing the flow are modeled using the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. It is found that the governing equations are coupled partial differential equations for the flow velocity and the microrotation. The finite difference scheme is used to integrate the equations and the results are graphically presented and discussed. Special emphasis is given to the effects of micropolar fluid parameters, tube wall peristaltic amplitude and magnetic parameter on the transverse profiles of velocity and microrotation as well as pumping characteristics and trapping phenomena.     

Fluctuating flow of a Maxwell fluid past a porous plate with variable suction

The problem dealing with the two-dimensional flow of an incompressible viscoelastic Maxwell fluid past an infinite porous plate is investigated. It is assumed that the suction velocity is normal to the plate and oscillates about a mean value. The external free-stream velocity varies periodically in time. The resulting differential equation subject to the relevant boundary and initial conditions is numerically solved by means of a numerical technique, in which a coordinate transformation is employed to transform the semi-infinite physical space to a bounded computational domain. The effects of various values of the emerging parameters, e.g. the elasticity parameter, the oscillation amplitude and frequency of the external flow and the suction velocity, on the time series of velocity, especially on the boundary-layer structure near the plate, are discussed. The nature of the shear stress engendered due to the flow is also investigated.     

壁面马赫数分布规律可控的新型内收缩基准流场设计方法

根据有旋特征线理论,设计出了沿程马赫数下降规律可控的轴对称基准流场,分析了基准流场的几何参数(前缘压缩角及中心体半径)的影响规律,发现选取较小的前缘压缩角和中心体半径有利于得到性能优良的基准流场;然后在设计状态Ma=6时研究了三种典型的马赫数下降规律对这种轴对称流场性能的影响。最后考虑了粘性的影响,并进行了粘性修正探索,结果表明,采用附面层位移厚度修正方法后,基准流场的壁面压力分布和无粘情况吻合良好。 