Journal
CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages 606-619Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjph.2020.04.024
Keywords
Hybrid nanofluid; Permeable moving surface; Dual solutions; Stability analysis
Categories
Funding
- Ministry of Education Malaysia [FRGS/1/2019/STG06/UKM/01/4]
- Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A steady flow and heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid past a permeable moving surface is investigated. In this study, 0.1 solid volume fraction of alumina (Al2O3) is fixed, then consequently, various solid volume fractions of copper (Cu) are added into the mixture with water as the base fluid to form Cu-Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid. The similarity equations are obtained by converting the governing equations of the hybrid nanofluid using the technique of similarity transformation. The bvp4c function available in Matlab software is used to solve the similarity equations numerically. The numerical results are obtained for selected parameters and discussed in detail. It is found that hybrid nanofluid enhances the heat transfer rate compared to the regular nanofluid. The results show that two solutions exist up to a certain value of the moving parameter and suction strengths. The critical value in which the solution is in existence decreases as nanoparticle volume fractions increase. The temporal stability analysis is conducted in determining the stability of the dual solutions, and it is revealed that only one of them is stable and physically reliable.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available