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Adding variety of nanoparticles to the base fluid is current technique in order to boost the thermal performance of conventional fluids and mononanofluids. The forthright intention of the present investigation is to analyze numerically the up-to-date progress in flow and heat transport nature of magnetohydrodynamic, radiative Newtonian fluid, water-based Al2O3 nanofluid, water-based graphene nanofluid and water based Al2O3 + graphene hybrid nanofluid due to convectively heated stretching sheet. The flow equations are transformed by applying appropriate transformations into a pair of self-similarity equations. Further similarity equivalences are numerically solved through Runge–Kutta based shooting method. Graphs and tables are structured to analyze the behavior of sundry influential variables. From this study it is found that rate of heat transfer for Graphene + water is 2.921934, Al2O3 + H2O + Graphene is 2.250658 and Al2O3 + H2O is 3.260554. From this we conclude that water based Al2O3 + graphene hybrid nanofluid can be opted for cooling performance. Water based Al2O3 nanofluid significantly enhance convection heat transfer performance over a stretching sheet. Friction at the wall for Graphene + water is (− 1.719525), Al2O3 + H2O + Graphene is (− 2.256614) and Al2O3 + H2O is (− 1.959539). From this we conclude that water based Al2O3 + graphene hybrid nanofluid shows lower wall friction rate compared to other two mixture compositions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research contemplates the flow and heat transport of MHD rheological Eyring-Powell fluid embedded with dust and graphene nanoparticles (GP) in an ethylene-glycol (EG) mixture in the presence of nonlinear convection, Cattaneo-Christov heat flux, and thermal radiation. Primarily existing PDEs (fluid and dust phase) are transferred to non-dimensional form by invoking similarity transformations then solved numerically through RKF-45 method. The graphene particles are significantly used in energy transmission in aerospace, power and propulsion generation etc. Through graphical illustrations, velocity and temperature profiles (fluid and dust phases) converse for various prominent parameters. The results of friction factor and heat transfer rate are presented and analyzed. Validation of the present result is made with the existing data. Results demonstrate that increasing nonlinear convection parameter has an inverse relationship with the Nusselt number and the velocity in the dust and fluid phases. This may happen due to the domination of unsteadiness in the flow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work explores the analytical study of nanofluid flow above a stretching medium with the heat source and viscous dissipation. Additional radiative effects are also incorporated. The main physical problem is offered and changed into an arrangement of combined nonlinear differential equations with appropriate transformations. Optimal homotopy analysis method is used to attain the analytical solutions of the set of nonlinear differential equations. Important predictions of the flow phenomena are explored and deliberated by means of graphs and numerical tables. Moreover, the accurateness of the existing findings is verified by equating them with the previously available work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]