652 research outputs found

    Hall current and suction/injection effects on the entropy generation of third grade fluid

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    In this work, effects of Hall current and suction/injection on a steady, viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting third grade fluid past a semi-infinite plate with entropy generation is investigated. It is assumed that the fluid motion is induced by applied pressure gradient. Hot fluid is injected with a constant velocity at the injection wall while it is sucked off at the upper wall with the same velocity. The governing equations of Navier-Stoke, energy and entropy generation obtained are non-dimensionalised, the resulting dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles are solved by Adomian decomposition technique due to the nonlinearity of the coupled system of equations. The obtained solution for the velocity profile is validated by the exact solution and the existing one in literature at M = 0 and the analytical expressions for fluid velocity and temperature are utilized to calculate the entropy generation and irreversibility ratio. Various plots are presented and discussed. It is found that increasing Hall current parameter increases primary velocity, temperature, entropy generation and Bejan number while the reverse trend is observed when both suction/injection and magnetic field parameters are increased. It is also noticed that entropy production at the upper wall is due to heat transfer

    Mixed Convection Flow of Couple Stress Fluid in a Vertical Channel with Radiation and Soret Effects

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    The radiation and thermal diffusion effects on mixed convection flow of couple stress fluid through a channel are investigated. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The resulting equations are then solved using the Spectral Quasi-linearization Method (QLM). The results, which are discussed with the aid of the dimensionless parameters entering the problem, are seen to depend sensitively on the parameters

    Hall Current and Joule Heating Effects on Flow of Couple Stress Fluid with Entropy Generation

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    In this work, an analytical study of the effects of Hall current and Joule heating on the entropy generation rate of couple stress fluid is performed. It is assumed that the applied pressure gradient induces fluid motion. At constant velocity, hot fluid is injected at the lower wall and sucked off at the upper wall. The obtained equations governing the flow are transformed to dimensionless form and the resulting nonlinear coupled boundary value problems for velocity and temperature profiles are solved by Adomian decomposition method. Analytical expressions for fluid velocity and temperature are used to obtain the entropy generation and the irreversibility ratio. The effects of Hall current, Joule heating, suction/injection and magnetic field parameters are presented and discussed through graphs. It is found that Hall current enhances both primary and secondary velocities and entropy generation. It is also interesting that Joule heating raises fluid temperature and encourages entropy production. On the other hand Hartman number inhibits fluid motion while increase in suction/injection parameter leads to a shift in flow symmetry

    Mixed convection flow of couple stress fluid between vertical parallel plates with radiation and chemical reaction effects

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    Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.This paper studies the effects of thermal radiation and chemical reaction on two dimensional incompressible couple stress fluid flow with mixed convective heat and mass transfer between two vertical parallel plates in a porous space. The plates are kept at different but constant temperature and concentrations. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The resulting equations are then solved using the homotopy analysis method. The effects of the radiation parameter, chemical reaction parameter and couple stress fluid parameter on velocity, temperature and concentrations are discussed and shown graphically. Also the effects of the pertinent parameters on the rates of heat and mass transfer are tabulated.cf201

    Recent Trends in Coatings and Thin Film–Modeling and Application

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    Over the past four decades, there has been increased attention given to the research of fluid mechanics due to its wide application in industry and phycology. Major advances in the modeling of key topics such Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids and thin film flows have been made and finally published in the Special Issue of coatings. This is an attempt to edit the Special Issue into a book. Although this book is not a formal textbook, it will definitely be useful for university teachers, research students, industrial researchers and in overcoming the difficulties occurring in the said topic, while dealing with the nonlinear governing equations. For such types of equations, it is often more difficult to find an analytical solution or even a numerical one. This book has successfully handled this challenging job with the latest techniques. In addition, the findings of the simulation are logically realistic and meet the standard of sufficient scientific value

    ANALYSIS OF ENTROPY GENERATION DUE TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC COUPLE STRESS FLUID

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    We demonstrate the first reconfigurable photonic metamaterial controlled by electrical currents and magnetic fields, providing first practically useful solutions for sub-megahertz and high contrast modulation of metamaterial optical properties

    Effect of porosity on unsteady MHD convection flow Past a moving vertical plate with ramped wall temperature

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    The unsteady MHD convective flow of an electrically conducting fluid embedded in a porous medium along moving infinite vertical plate with ramped wall temperature and radiation in a rotating system is investigated here. The fluid taken is incompressible and viscous. The governing PDE’s of the model are solved by using integral transform method. The analytical solutions for the velocity, concentration and temperature are obtained. The expressions for skin friction, rate of mass transfer and heat transfer near the plate are obtained. The effects of various parameters like porosity of the medium, magnetic field, Soret number, thermal radiation, rotation, radiation and Hall current on the flow field are discussed. It is observed that velocity increases with the increase in the porosity parameter K. It reveals that a porous medium having large permeability supports the movement of the fluid in the system. Also, it is noticed that Hall parameter reduces the resistive effect of the applied magnetic field. Such a study assumes importance because both rotation and Hall current induce secondary flow in the flow-field. The results of the research may be useful in many industrial applications

    Hall Current and Joule Heating Effects on Flow of Couple Stress Fluid with Entropy Generation

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    In this work, an analytical study of the effects of Hall current and Joule heating on the entropy generation rate of couple stress fluid is performed. It is assumed that the applied pressure gradient induces fluid motion. At constant velocity, hot fluid is injected at the lower wall and sucked off at the upper wall. The obtained equations governing the flow are transformed to dimensionless form and the resulting nonlinear coupled boundary value problems for velocity and temperature profiles are solved by Adomian decomposition method. Analytical expressions for fluid velocity and temperature are used to obtain the entropy generation and the irreversibility ratio. The effects of Hall current, Joule heating, suction/injection and magnetic field parameters are presented and discussed through graphs. It is found that Hall current enhances both primary and secondary velocities and entropy generation. It is also interesting that Joule heating raises fluid temperature and encourages entropy production. On the other hand Hartman number inhibited fluid motion while increase in suction/injection parameter resulted into a shift in flow symmetry

    Hall current, viscous and Joule heating effects on steady radiative 2-D magneto-power-law polymer dynamics from an exponentially stretching sheet with power-law slip velocity : a numerical study

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    A mathematical model is developed for 2-D laminar, incompressible, electrically conducting non-Newtonian (Power-law) fluid boundary layer flow along an exponentially stretching sheet with power-law slip velocity conditions in the presence of Hall currents, transverse magnetic field and radiative flux. The secondary flow has been induced with appliance of Hall current. The distinguish features of Joule heating and viscous dissipation are included in the model since they are known to arise in thermal magnetic polymeric processing. Rosseland’s diffusion model is employed for radiation heat transfer. The non-linear partial differential equations describing the flow (mass, primary momentum, secondary momentum and energy conservation) are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations by employing local similarity transformations. The non-dimensional nonlinear formulated set of equations is numerically evaluated with famous shooting algorithm by using MATLAB software. The validation of simulated numerical results has been completed with generalized differential quadrature (GDQ). Extensive visualization of primary and secondary velocities and temperature distributions for the effects of the emerging parameters is presented for both pseudo-plastic fluids (n=0.8) and dilatant fluids (n=1.2). The study is relevant to the manufacturing transport phenomena in electro-conductive polymers (ECPs)
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