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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR SCIENCES AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 37-55Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/ijnsns-2020-0138
Keywords
cavity flow; circular obstacle; heat generation; absorption; MHD; nanofluids; natural convection
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This article presents a numerical investigation of the unsteady magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) natural convection flow in an inclined square cavity filled with nanofluid. The impact of a heated circular obstacle with heat generation/absorption is examined. The study shows that MHD has a dominant effect on the streamlines, isotherms, and average Nusselt number compared to other physical parameters.
The phenomena of unsteady magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) natural convection flow in an inclined square cavity filled with nanofluid and containing a heated circular obstacle at its center with heat generation/absorption impact are examined numerically. The cavity's right and left walls are maintained at low temperatures, while the remaining walls are adiabatic. The volumetric external force, MHD, is applied across the inclined cavity. A penalty formulation-based finite element method is used to solve the nonlinear set of governing equations iteratively. The numerical scheme and results are validated through a comparison with the benchmark results, and it shows that our solutions are in good agreement with them. The results are shown in terms of contours of streamlines, isotherms, and average Nusselt number. It is observed that MHD alters the streamlines, isotherms, and average Nusselt number and dominates the flow as compared to any other physical parameter. The average Nusselt number is found sensitive to the central obstacle's size, and it reduces sufficiently when the radius of the inner cylinder increases. For all the parameters, the streamlines' symmetric pattern holds, such that the anti-clockwise cells on the left side of the cavity have their symmetric clockwise cells on the right side.
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