Melting heat and thermal radiation effects in stretched flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid

The incompressible flow of a non-Newtonian fluid with mixed convection along a stretching sheet is analyzed. The heat transfer phenomenon is discussed through thermal radiation. The effects of the melting heat transfer and heat generation/absorption are also taken. Suitable transformations are utili...

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Published in:Applied mathematics and mechanics 2017-07, Vol.38 (7), p.957-968
Main Authors: Hayat, T., Kiran, A., Imtiaz, M., Alsaedi, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications of Mathematics
Classical Mechanics
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluid- and Aerodynamics
Heat generation
Heat transfer
Incompressible flow
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Melting
Nonlinearity
Partial Differential Equations
Radiation effects
Relaxation time
Stretching
Temperature distribution
Thermal radiation
Viscosity
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Summary:The incompressible flow of a non-Newtonian fluid with mixed convection along a stretching sheet is analyzed. The heat transfer phenomenon is discussed through thermal radiation. The effects of the melting heat transfer and heat generation/absorption are also taken. Suitable transformations are utilized to attain the nonlinear ordinary differential expressions. The convergent series solutions are presented. The fluid flow, temperature, and surface heat transfer rate are examined graphically. It is observed that the velocity decreases when the relaxation time increases while increases when the retardation time is constant. The results also reveal that the temperature distribution reduces when the radiation parameter increases.
ISSN:0253-4827
1573-2754
DOI:10.1007/s10483-017-2218-6