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Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy
This work deals with the three-dimensional flow of nanofluid over a bi-directional exponentially stretching sheet. The effects of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles are considered in the mathematical model. The temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction at the sheet are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116603 |
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author | Khan, Junaid Ahmad Mustafa, M. Hayat, T. Sheikholeslami, M. Alsaedi, A. |
author_facet | Khan, Junaid Ahmad Mustafa, M. Hayat, T. Sheikholeslami, M. Alsaedi, A. |
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description | This work deals with the three-dimensional flow of nanofluid over a bi-directional exponentially stretching sheet. The effects of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles are considered in the mathematical model. The temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction at the sheet are also distributed exponentially. Local similarity solutions are obtained by an implicit finite difference scheme known as Keller-box method. The results are compared with the existing studies in some limiting cases and found in good agreement. The results reveal the existence of interesting Sparrow-Gregg-type hills for temperature distribution corresponding to some range of parametric values. |
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spelling | pubmed-43649872015-03-23 Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy Khan, Junaid Ahmad Mustafa, M. Hayat, T. Sheikholeslami, M. Alsaedi, A. PLoS One Research Article This work deals with the three-dimensional flow of nanofluid over a bi-directional exponentially stretching sheet. The effects of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles are considered in the mathematical model. The temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction at the sheet are also distributed exponentially. Local similarity solutions are obtained by an implicit finite difference scheme known as Keller-box method. The results are compared with the existing studies in some limiting cases and found in good agreement. The results reveal the existence of interesting Sparrow-Gregg-type hills for temperature distribution corresponding to some range of parametric values. Public Library of Science 2015-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4364987/ /pubmed/25785857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116603 Text en © 2015 Khan et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Khan, Junaid Ahmad Mustafa, M. Hayat, T. Sheikholeslami, M. Alsaedi, A. Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title | Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title_full | Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title_fullStr | Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title_full_unstemmed | Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title_short | Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid Induced by an Exponentially Stretching Sheet: An Application to Solar Energy |
title_sort | three-dimensional flow of nanofluid induced by an exponentially stretching sheet: an application to solar energy |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116603 |
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