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Chemically Radiative MHD Flow of a Micropolar Nanofluid over a Stretching/Shrinking Sheet with a Heat Source or Sink

by Parakapali Roja¹, Shaik Mohammed Ibrahim², Thummala Sankar Reddy³, Giulio Lorenzini^4,*

1 Department of Mathematics, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Kadapa, 516126, India
2 Department of Engineering Mathematics, College of Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, 522302, India
3 Department of Mathematics, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Kadapa, 516003, India
4 Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, 43124, Italy

* Corresponding Author: Giulio Lorenzini. Email:

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2024, 20(2), 257-274. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2023.042283

Received 25 May 2023; Accepted 21 September 2023; Issue published 14 December 2023

Abstract

This study examines the behavior of a micropolar nanofluid flowing over a sheet in the presence of a transverse magnetic field and thermal effects. In addition, chemical (first-order homogeneous) reactions are taken into account. A similarity transformation is used to reduce the system of governing coupled non-linear partial differential equations (PDEs), which account for the transport of mass, momentum, angular momentum, energy and species, to a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The Runge-Kutta method along with shooting method is used to solve them. The impact of several parameters is evaluated. It is shown that the micro-rotational velocity of the fluid rises with the micropolar factor. Moreover, the radiation parameter can have a remarkable influence on the flow and temperature profiles and on the angular momentum distribution.

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