Abstract
This article mainly addresses the influence of carbon nanotubes in the Marangoni convection boundary layer flow of viscous fluid. Formulation and analysis have been made for both single-wall (SWCNTs) and multi-wall (MWCNTs) carbon nanotubes. Thermal radiation effect is considered in the energy expression. Transformation method reduces the partial differential systems into the ordinary differential systems. Convergent series solutions are established for the resulting differential systems. Velocity and thermal fields are focused for the outcome of sundry variables through the problems statement. Nusselt number is also analyzed. It is found that Nusselt number is more effective for larger radiation and nanoparticle volume fraction parameters.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 810-815 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Volume | 106 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- Carbon–water nanofluid
- Marangoni convection
- Thermal radiation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes