Stagnation point flow on bioconvection nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking surface with velocity and thermal slip effects

Chan, Sze Qi and Aman, Fazlina and Mansur, Syahira (2017) Stagnation point flow on bioconvection nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking surface with velocity and thermal slip effects. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 890 (012026). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1742-6588

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Abstract

Nanofluid containing nanometer sized particles has become an ideal thermal conductivity medium for the flow and heat transfer in many industrial and engineering applications due to their high rate of heat transfer. However, swimming microorganisms are imposed into the nanofluid to overcome the instability of nanoparticles due to a bioconvection phenomenon. This paper investigates the stagnation point flow on bioconvection heat transfer of a nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking surface containing gyrotactic microorganisms. Velocity and thermal slip effects are the two conditions incorporated into the model. Similarity transformation is applied to reduce the governing nonlinear partial differential equations into the nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The transformed equations are then solved numerically. The results are displayed in the form of graphs and tables. The effects of these governing parameters on the skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, local Sherwood number and the local density of the motile microorganisms are analysed and discussed in details.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	nil
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Applied Science and Technology > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Depositing User:	Mrs. Siti Noraida Miskan
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2022 04:06
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2022 04:06
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/5183

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