Kuvempu University

About: Kuvempu University is a education organization based out in Shimoga, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cyclic voltammetry & Carbon paste electrode. The organization has 1575 authors who have published 2210 publications receiving 39755 citations. The organization is also known as: KU.

Magnetohydrodynamic three-dimensional flow of nanofluids with slip and thermal radiation over a nonlinear stretching sheet: a numerical study

Abstract: A numerical simulation for mixed convective three-dimensional slip flow of water-based nanofluids with temperature jump boundary condition is presented. The flow is caused by nonlinear stretching surface. Conservation of energy equation involves the radiation heat flux term. Applied transverse magnetic effect of variable kind is also incorporated. Suitable nonlinear similarity transformations are used to reduce the governing equations into a set of self-similar equations. The subsequent equations are solved numerically by using shooting method. The solutions for the velocity and temperature distributions are computed for several values of flow pertinent parameters. Further, the numerical values for skin-friction coefficients and Nusselt number in respect of different nanoparticles are tabulated. A comparison between our numerical and already existing results has also been made. It is found that the velocity and thermal slip boundary condition showed a significant effect on momentum and thermal boundary layer thickness at the wall. The presence of nanoparticles stabilizes the thermal boundary layer growth.

Heat and mass transfer effects on the mixed convective flow of chemically reacting nanofluid past a moving/stationary vertical plate

Abstract: The problem of conjugate effects of heat and mass transfer over a moving/stationary vertical plate has been studied under the influence of applied magnetic field, thermal radiation, internal heat generation/absorption and first order chemical reaction. The fluid is assumed to be electrically conducting water based Cu-nanofluid. The Tiwari and Das model is used to model the nanofluid, whereas Rosseland approximation is used for thermal radiation effect. Unified closed form solutions are obtained for the governing equations using Laplace transform method. The velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are expressed graphically for different flow pertinent parameters. The physical quantities of engineering interest such as skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are also computed. The obtained analytical solutions satisfy all imposed initial and boundary conditions and they can be reduced to known previous results in some limiting cases. It is found that, by varying nanoparticle volume fraction, the flow and heat transfer characteristics could be controlled.