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The present analysis reveals the impact of porous medium and mixed convection nano-fluid flow near an exponentially curved surface. For this purpose alumina is treated as nano-particles along with two base fluids such as H 2 O and C 2 H 6 O 2. Under different assumptions the mathematical model of energy and momentum equations are developed by using curvilinear coordinates. The PDEs are transformed into non-linear differential equations by using similarity transformation variables. The table of skin friction and Nusselt number are drawn by fluctuating the values of different parameters for both fluids. Moreover, the numerical solutions are generated in MATLAB by using Bvp4c. Influence of effective and without effective Pr numbers for an incompressible γ A l 2 O 3 − C 2 H 6 O 2 and γ A l 2 O 3 − H 2 O are investigated. We observe that the velocity profile increases for increasing values of curvature, mixed convection and volume fraction of nanoparticles for two different cases effective and with-out effective Prandtl numbers. Moreover, in case of effective P r number, the temperature profile decreases but for with-out effective P r number temperature profile increases. Furthermore, the graphs are drawn to check the behavior various parameters for effective and with-out effective Pr numbers. • Viscous fluid flow near a vertical curved surface are investigated. • Viscosity at initial steady state is constant considered. • Mixed convection and porous medium are considered momentum equations. • Heat generation is considered energy equation. • Alumina particles are considered due to their high conductivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When an object moves alongside a curved surface, it shows a curvilinear motion. The perception of curvilinear motion is majorly used in applications which are associated with centripetal and centrifugal forces. In this analysis, we studied the behaviour of nano-fluid and hybrid nano-fluid via curved surface with combined effects of heat generation and porous medium. For nano-fluid the combination of base fluid methanol and nano-particles AA7075 are assumed, while for hybrid nano-fluid base fluid methanol and nano-particles AA7075+AA7072 are used. AA7072 is mixture of zinc and alumina with some metals like copper, silicon and ferrous. Similarly AA7075 is mixture of magnesium, alumina and zinc with metals copper, silicon and ferrous. The partial differential equations are converted into ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformation. With the help of MATLAB software we used Bvp4c method to draw the graphs of the resulting equations and also we discuss the effect of solid volume fraction φ 1 , φ 2 , curvature parameter λ , Heat generation ω and porous medium ε for nano-fluid and hybrid nano-fluid. By enhancing the curvature parameter and volume fraction the temperature and velocity profile also enhances while the velocity profile reduces for porous medium and temperature profile increases for heat generation parameter. Nusselt number and skin friction effects are studied in the form of tables. An entropy generation analysis is also conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]