Significance of Joule heating and viscous heating on heat transport of MoS2-Ag hybrid nanofluid past an isothermal wedge

The problem of flow and heat transport of magneto-composite nanofluid over an isothermal wedge has not been addressed in the literature up to yet. Thus, this article features the laminar transport of Newtonian composite nanomaterial (C2H6O2-H2O hybrid base liquid + MoS2-Ag hybrid nanoparticles) in the presence of exponential space- and temperature-dependent heat source past an isothermal wedge. An incompressible and electrically conducting fluid is assumed. The effects of Joule heating and viscous heating are also accounted. Single-phase nanofluid model and boundary layer approximation are utilized to govern the equations of flow and heat transport phenomena. The solution of the simplified coupled system of dimensionless constraints is obtained by using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method based on the shooting technique. Detailed analysis of active quantities of interest has been presented and discussed. The interesting physical quantities (friction factors and Nusselt number) are estimated. Also, the slope of the data point is calculated in order to estimate the amount of decrease/increase in physical quantities.

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The paper investigates the laminar transport of magneto-composite nanofluid over an isothermal wedge, taking into account the characteristics of composite nanomaterials and heat transfer effects. The solution to the simplified coupled system is obtained using numerical methods, and detailed analysis of physical quantities of interest is carried out.