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Mathematical analysis of bio-convective micropolar nanofluid

  • Sohail Nadeem
  • , Muhammad Naveed Khan*
  • , Noor Muhammad
  • , Shafiq Ahmad
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The present investigation concentrates on three dimensional unsteady forced bio-convection flow of a viscous fluid. An incompressible flow of a micropolar nanofluid encloses micro-organisms past an exponentially stretching sheet with magnetic field is analyzed. By employing convenient transformation the partial differential equations are converted into the ordinary differential equations which are non-linear. By using shooting method to solved these equations numerically. The influence of the determining parameters on the velocity, temperature, micro-rotation, nanoparticle volume fraction, microorganism are incorporated. The skin friction, heat transfer rate, and the microorganism rate are analyzed. The results depicts that the value of the wall shear stress and Nusselt number are declined while an enhancement take place in the microorganism number. The slip parameters increases the velocity, thermal energy, and microorganism number consequentially. The present investigation are important in improving achievement of microbial fuel cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-242
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Computational Design and Engineering
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes

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© 2019 Society for Computational Design and Engineering

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Bio-convection
  • Micropolar
  • Multiple slip condition
  • Nanofluid

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computational Mathematics

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