Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model for stagnation point flow of micropolar nanofluid toward a nonlinear stretching surface with slip effects

Cattaneo-Christov with variable thermal relaxation time and entropy generation is the main concern of this study. The micropolar fluid with absorption of heat in the existence of mixed convection and partial slip is scrutinized. Two distinct nanoparticles, i.e., single-wall carbon nanotube and multi-wall carbon nanotube, are immerged in micropolar fluid to interrogate the feature of heat and mass transfer. The non-dimensional similarity transformation is utilized to transform the partial differential equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations, and resulting coupled equations are solved numerically using bvp4c from MATLAB. The present results show the fabulous agreement with previous published results. The temperature field diminishes with larger thermal relaxation time parameter. Entropy generation profile is an increasing function of Brinkmann number, while Bejan number is a diminishing function. Further the solid volume fraction diminishes the velocity profile and enhances the temperature distribution and entropy generation.

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The study focuses on the Cattaneo-Christov model with variable thermal relaxation time and entropy generation. It examines a micropolar fluid absorbing heat in the presence of mixed convection and partial slip, with the immersion of single-wall carbon nanotubes and multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The non-dimensional similarity transformation is used to convert the partial differential equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which are then numerically solved using MATLAB's bvp4c.