Unsteady MHD three-dimensional flow of nanofluid over a stretching surface with zero nanoparticles flux and thermal radiation.

The unsteady three-dimensional flow of nanofluid over a stretching surface in the presence of a magnetic field and thermal radiation are investigated. Zero nanoparticle flux at the wall has been considered. Buongiorno's model for nanofluid has been used in this study. Employing similarity transformations, the governing partial differential equations are transformed to ordinary ones and the transformed equations are then solved numerically by using the shooting technique with the help of Runge–Kutta method. The computed results are compared with previously reported work and found in excellent agreement. Fluid velocity initially decreases with the increase of the unsteadiness parameter. Temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction both increase with the increase of unsteadiness parameter. Due to the increase of thermal radiation temperature increases, nanoparticle volume fraction decreases initially but increases away from the surface. The effect of the other governing parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration fields are discussed through their graphical representations. Besides, the local skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number are presented through graphs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]