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POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 315, Issue -, Pages 205-215Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2017.04.017
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MHD; 3D flow; Nanofluid; Free convection; Thermal radiation
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This paper mainly focuses on the influence of transverse magnetic field as well as thermal radiation on threedimensional free convective flow of nanofluid over a linear stretching sheet. One remarkable aspect of this study is that a new micro-convection model namely Patel model has been introduced in view of enhancement of thermal conductivity and hence more heat transfer capability of nanofluid. The non-linear partial differential equations have been converted into strong non-linear ordinary differential equations by employing suitable transformations and these transformed equations are solved by Runga-Kutta method of fourth order along with Shooting technique as well as Secant method for better approximation. From this study, it is found that the presence of magnetic field slows down the fluid motion while it enhances the fluid temperature leading to a reduction in heat transfer rate from the surface. It is also found that enhancing thermal radiation parameter causes a reduction in heat transfer rate. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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