Boundary layer flow beneath a uniform free stream permeable continuous moving surface in a nanofluid

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1 Department of Mathematics, Babes-Bolyai University, 400048 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2 Department of Mathematics and Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce a boundary layer analysis for the fluid flow and
heat transfer characteristics of an incompressible nanofluid flowing over a permeable isothermal
surface moving continuously. The resulting system of non-linear ordinary differential equations is
solved numerically using the fifth–order Runge–Kutta method with shooting techniques using
Matlab and Maple softwares. Numerical results are obtained for the velocity, temperature, and
concentration distributions, as well as the friction factor, local Nusselt number, and local
Sherwood number for several values of the parameters, namely the velocity ratio parameter,
suction/injection parameter, and nanofluid parameters. The obtained results are presented
graphically in tabular forms and the physical aspects of the problem are discussed.

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  • Receive Date: 05 February 2014
  • Revise Date: 04 April 2013
  • Accept Date: 08 April 2014

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