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- Title
Thin Film Williamson Nanofluid Flow with Varying Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity on a Time-Dependent Stretching Sheet.
- Authors
Waris Khan; Taza Gul; Muhammad Idrees; Saeed Islam; Ilyas Khan; Dennis, L. C. C.
- Abstract
This article describes the effect of thermal radiation on the thin film nanofluid flow of a Williamson fluid over an unsteady stretching surface with variable fluid properties. The basic governing equations of continuity, momentum, energy, and concentration are incorporated. The effect of thermal radiation and viscous dissipation terms are included in the energy equation. The energy and concentration fields are also coupled with the effect of Dufour and Soret. The transformations are used to reduce the unsteady equations of velocity, temperature and concentration in the set of nonlinear differential equations and these equations are tackled through the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). For the sake of comparison, numerical (ND-Solve Method) solutions are also obtained. Special attention has been given to the variable fluid properties' effects on the flow of a Williamson nanofluid. Finally, the effect of non-dimensional physical parameters like thermal conductivity, Schmidt number, Williamson parameter, Brinkman number, radiation parameter, and Prandtl number has been thoroughly demonstrated and discussed.
- Subjects
NANOFLUIDS; HEAT radiation &; absorption; HOMOTOPY theory
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2016, Vol 6, Issue 11, p334
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app6110334