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Boundary-layer non-Newtonian flow over vertical plate in porous medium saturated with nanofluid

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  • 1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt;
    2. Department of Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Assiut University, The New Valley 72111, Egypt

Received date: 2011-04-25

  Revised date: 2011-09-03

  Online published: 2011-12-01

Abstract

The free convective heat transfer to the power-law non-Newtonian flow from a vertical plate in a porous medium saturated with nanofluid under laminar conditions is investigated. It is considered that the non-Newtonian nanofluid obeys the mathematical model of power-law. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. The partial differential system governing the problem is transformed into an ordinary system via a usual similarity transformation. The numerical solutions of the resulting ordinary system are obtained. These solutions depend on the power-law index n, Lewis number Le, buoyancy-ratio number Nr, Brownian motion number Nb, and thermophoresis number Nt. For various values of n and Le, the effects of the influence parameters on the fluid behavior as well as the reduced Nusselt number are presented and discussed.

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F.M.HADY;F.S.IBRAHIM;S.M.ABDEL-GAIED;M.R.EID . Boundary-layer non-Newtonian flow over vertical plate in porous medium saturated with nanofluid[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2011 , 32(12) : 1577 -1586 . DOI: 10.1007/s10483-011-1524-7

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