Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW
Volume 26, Issue 8, Pages 2355-2369Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/HFF-08-2015-0333
Keywords
Maxwell fluid; Porous medium; Variable thermal conductivity; Cattaneo-Christov heat flux
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [31-130-36-HiCi]
- DSR
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Purpose - The objectives of present communication are threefolds. First is to model and analyze the two-dimensional Darcy-Forchheimer flow of Maxwell fluid induced by a stretching surface. Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity is taken into account. Second is to examine the heat transfer process through non-classical flux by Cattaneo-Christov theory. Third is to derive convergent homotopic solutions for velocity and temperature distributions. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach - The resulting non-linear system is solved through the homotopy analysis method. Findings - An increment in Deborah number beta causes a reduction in velocity field f'(eta) while opposite behavior is observed for temperature field theta(eta). Velocity field f'(eta) and thickness of momentum boundary layer are decreased when the authors enhance the values of porosity parameter. while opposite behavior is noticed for temperature profile theta(eta). Temperature field theta(eta) is inversely proportional to the thermal relaxation parameter gamma. The numerical values of temperature gradient at the sheet - theta'(0) are higher for larger values of thermal relaxation parameter gamma. Originality/value - To the best of author's knowledge, no such consideration has been given in the literature yet.
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