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Unsteady Falkner-Skan flow of hybrid nanofluid over a nonlinear moving wedge

Murad, Nurul Musfirah and Rawi, Noraihan Afiqah and Shafie, Sharidan and Lim, Yeou Jiann and Mahat, Rahimah (2022) Unsteady Falkner-Skan flow of hybrid nanofluid over a nonlinear moving wedge. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 18 (1). pp. 116-123. ISSN 2289-599X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/MJFAS.V18N1.2421

Abstract

The efficient heat transfer performance of hybrid nanofluid making the fluid crucial in many industrial applications like heat exchangers, nuclear reactors, automotive cooling systems, and most manufacturing processes. This research aims to uncover the properties of an unsteady Falkner-Skan hybrid nanofluid flows over a nonlinear moving wedge with the convective boundary condition. The water-based hybrid nanofluid that is considered in this research is composite nanoparticles of alumina (Al2O3) and copper (Cu). The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations by incorporating similarity variables of appropriate types. A Keller-Box method is then used to solve the transformed equations numerically. The effects of various pertinent parameters such as unsteady flow, moving wedge, and angle wedge parameters on fluid flows and heat transfer are examined and graphically presented. The moving wedge parameter has enhanced the velocity profile and the heat transfer performance of the fluid. However, an opposite tendency is observed in temperature profiles for the increment of the angle wedge parameter.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:hybrid nanofluid, mixed convection, moving wedge, numerical solution, unsteady flow
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:Science
ID Code:102845
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:24 Sep 2023 03:28
Last Modified:24 Sep 2023 03:28

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