Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow

The intent of this study is to analyse the influence of nonlinear thermal radiation, thermophoresis, second order slip and magnetic field on the doubly stratified flow of a non-Newtonian micropolar fluid induced by a stretched sheet along with transport of thermal energy and mass species. The radiat...

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Main Authors: G. Sarojamma, R. Vijaya Lakshmi, K. Sreelakshmi, K. Vajravelu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364718307444
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author G. Sarojamma
R. Vijaya Lakshmi
K. Sreelakshmi
K. Vajravelu
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description The intent of this study is to analyse the influence of nonlinear thermal radiation, thermophoresis, second order slip and magnetic field on the doubly stratified flow of a non-Newtonian micropolar fluid induced by a stretched sheet along with transport of thermal energy and mass species. The radiative heat flux term is modified using the non-linear Rosseland diffusion approximation. The partial differential equations governing the physics of the problem are recast into a set of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations by using appropriate similarity transformations and later they are solved numerically using RKF-45 algorithm along with shooting technique. Results of the numerical solution are illustrated graphically for several sets of values of the governing parameters. Comparison of our results with the available results in literature for some special cases reveals close agreements. The results indicate that material parameter boosts the velocity and micro-rotation. The temperature ratio parameters that arise due to non-linear thermal radiation are seen to have opposite effect on temperature. It is seen that for strong thermal stratification reverse flow takes place accompanied by an undershoot in temperature. Excessive mass stratification and weaker molecular diffusivity resulted in a significant undershoot of species concentration. Keywords: Dual stratification, Double diffusion, Nonlinear thermal radiation, Second order velocity, Micropolar fluid
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spelling doaj.art-169cb0a926214c409a5098c5df3389c92022-12-22T02:32:29ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Science1018-36472020-01-01321366376Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flowG. Sarojamma0R. Vijaya Lakshmi1K. Sreelakshmi2K. Vajravelu3Department of Applied Mathematics, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502, India; Corresponding author.Department of Applied Mathematics, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502, IndiaDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502, IndiaDepartment of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USAThe intent of this study is to analyse the influence of nonlinear thermal radiation, thermophoresis, second order slip and magnetic field on the doubly stratified flow of a non-Newtonian micropolar fluid induced by a stretched sheet along with transport of thermal energy and mass species. The radiative heat flux term is modified using the non-linear Rosseland diffusion approximation. The partial differential equations governing the physics of the problem are recast into a set of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations by using appropriate similarity transformations and later they are solved numerically using RKF-45 algorithm along with shooting technique. Results of the numerical solution are illustrated graphically for several sets of values of the governing parameters. Comparison of our results with the available results in literature for some special cases reveals close agreements. The results indicate that material parameter boosts the velocity and micro-rotation. The temperature ratio parameters that arise due to non-linear thermal radiation are seen to have opposite effect on temperature. It is seen that for strong thermal stratification reverse flow takes place accompanied by an undershoot in temperature. Excessive mass stratification and weaker molecular diffusivity resulted in a significant undershoot of species concentration. Keywords: Dual stratification, Double diffusion, Nonlinear thermal radiation, Second order velocity, Micropolar fluidhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364718307444
spellingShingle G. Sarojamma
R. Vijaya Lakshmi
K. Sreelakshmi
K. Vajravelu
Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
Journal of King Saud University: Science
title Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
title_full Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
title_fullStr Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
title_full_unstemmed Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
title_short Dual stratification effects on double-diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet-driven micropolar fluid flow
title_sort dual stratification effects on double diffusive convective heat and mass transfer of a sheet driven micropolar fluid flow
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