Magnetohydrodynamics Boundary Layer Flow of Hybrid Nanofluid in a Thin-Film Over an Unsteady Stretching Permeable Sheet

This analysis explored the computational process of heat transfer analysis in a thin-film MHD flow embedded in the hybrid nanoparticles, which combine the spherical copper and alumina dispersed in ethylene glycol as the conventional heat transfer Newtonian fluid model over a stretching sheet. The nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) was attained by transforming partial differential equation (PDEs) as governing equations when implementing the similarity transformations technique. The resulting nonlinear ODEs have been utilized by using the Keller box method. The natures of the thin-film flow and heat transfer through the various values of the pertinent parameters: unsteadiness, nanoparticle volume fraction, thin- film thickness, magnetic interaction and intensity suction/injection are deliberated. The approximate results for velocity and temperature distributions and physical quantities in terms of local skin friction and Nusselt number have been obtained and analyzed via graphs and tables. As a consequence, the suction expresses a more prodigious effect on the hybrid nanofluid rather than injection fluid for all the investigation parameters. It is worth acknowledging that the existence of the nanoparticles and MHD in the viscous hybrid nanofluid tends to enhance the temperature profile but decay the particle movement in the thin-film flow. It is perceived that the velocity and temperature profiles decline for the growth of the unsteadiness, thin-film thickness and suction/injection parameters.

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This analysis investigates the computational process of heat transfer in a thin-film MHD flow with hybrid nanoparticles. The effects of various parameters, including unsteadiness, nanoparticle volume fraction, thin-film thickness, magnetic interaction, and suction/injection intensity, on the flow and heat transfer properties are examined. The results show that suction has a more pronounced effect on the hybrid nanofluid compared to injection, and the presence of nanoparticles and MHD enhances the temperature distribution while reducing particle movement in the thin-film flow.