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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS AND TECHNICAL PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 377-384Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S002189441303005X
Keywords
boundary layer flow; heat and mass transfer; nanofluid; wedge
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- University Malaya Research Grant (UMRG) [RG137-11AFR]
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The behavior of an incompressible laminar boundary layer flow over a wedge in a nanofluid with suction or injection has been investigated. The model used for the nanofluid integrates the effects of the Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters. The governing partial differential equations of this problem, subjected to their boundary conditions, are solved by the Runge-Kutta-Gill technique with the shooting method for finding the skin friction and the rate of heat and mass transfer. The result are presented in the form of velocity, temperature, and volume fraction profiles for different values of the suction/injection parameter, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter, pressure gradient parameter, Prandtl number, and Lewis number. The conclusion is drawn that these parameters significantly affect the temperature and volume fraction profiles, but their influence on the velocity profile is comparatively smaller.
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