Numerical Investigation of Thermal Radiation and Viscous Effects on Entropy Generation in Forced Convection Blood Flow over an Axisymmetric Stretching Sheet

Numerical and analytical investigation of the effects of thermal radiation and viscous heating on a convective flow of a non-Newtonian, incompressible fluid in an axisymmetric stretching sheet with constant temperature wall is performed. The power law model of the blood is used for the non-Newtonian...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Yaghoub Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi, Payam Hooshmand, Ashkan Hesabi, Moon K. Kwak, Isma’il Pirzadeh, Ahmad Jamali Keikha, Mohammadreza Negahdari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-05-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/6/203
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Summary:Numerical and analytical investigation of the effects of thermal radiation and viscous heating on a convective flow of a non-Newtonian, incompressible fluid in an axisymmetric stretching sheet with constant temperature wall is performed. The power law model of the blood is used for the non-Newtonian model of the fluid and the Rosseland model for the thermal radiative heat transfer in an absorbing medium and viscous heating are considered as the heat sources. The non-dimensional governing equations are transformed to similarity form and solved numerically. A parameter study on entropy generation in medium is presented based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics by considering various parameters such as the thermal radiation parameter, the Brinkman number, Prandtl number, Eckert number.
ISSN:1099-4300