Influence of temperature and magnetic field on the oblique stagnation-point flow for a nanofluid past a vertical stretching/shrinking sheet
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 1 October 2018
Issue publication date: 30 October 2018
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to consider the influence of the temperature and of an external magnetic field on the steady oblique stagnation-point flow for a Boussinesquian nanofluid past a stretching or shrinking sheet.
Design/methodology/approach
The flow is reduced through similarity transformations to an ordinary boundary value problem, which is solved numerically in MATLAB using the bvp4c function. The behavior of the solution is discussed physically, and some analytical considerations concerning existence of the solution and the occurrence of dual solutions are drawn.
Findings
The study of the influence of an external magnetic field on the oblique stagnation-point flow of a Buongiorno's Boussinesquian nanofluid is carried out. The fluid clashes on a vertical stretching or shrinking sheet. Dual solutions appear for suitable values of the parameters.
Originality/value
The present results are new and original.
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Acknowledgements
N.C. Rosca, A.V. Rosca and I. Pop would like to acknowledge the financial support received from the grant PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0036, UEFISCDI of Romanian Ministry of Sciences; while the work of A. Borrelli, G. Giantesio and M.C. Patria has been partially supported by National Group of Mathematical Physics (GNFM-INdAM). The authors wish to thank to the very competent reviewers for the very good comments and suggestions.
Citation
Borrelli, A., Giantesio, G., Patria, M.C., Roşca, N.C., Roşca, A.V. and Pop, I. (2018), "Influence of temperature and magnetic field on the oblique stagnation-point flow for a nanofluid past a vertical stretching/shrinking sheet", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 28 No. 12, pp. 2874-2894. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-12-2017-0497
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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