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Computational Analysis for Bioconvection of Microorganisms in Prandtl Nanofluid Darcy–Forchheimer Flow across an Inclined Sheet

Authors :
Jianfeng Wang
Zead Mustafa
Imran Siddique
Muhammad Ajmal
Mohammed M. M. Jaradat
Saif Ur Rehman
Bagh Ali
Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Source :
Nanomaterials, Vol 12, Iss 11, p 1791 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

The two-dimensional boundary layer flow of a Prandtl nanofluid was explored in the presence of an aligned magnetic field over an inclined stretching/shrinking sheet in a non-Darcy permeable medium. To transform the PDEs of the leading equations into ODEs, a coupled boundary value problem was formed and suitable similarity functions were used. To obtain numerical answers, an efficient code for the Runge–Kutta technique with a shooting tool was constructed with a MATLAB script. This procedure is widely used for the solution of such problems as it is efficient and cost-effective with a fifth-order accuracy. The significance of immersed parameters on the velocity, temperature, concentration, and bioconvection is shown through figures. Furthermore, the physical parameters of the skin friction coefficient and the Nusselt numbers are demonstrated in tables. The declining behavior of the flow velocity against the porosity parameter Kp and the local inertia co-efficient Fr is shown, and the both parameters of the Darcy resistance and Darcy–Forchheimer resistance are responsible for slowing the fluid speed. The increasing values of the Schmidt number Sc decrease the concentration of the nano entities.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12111791 and 20794991
Volume :
12
Issue :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nanomaterials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5d4ac8e0c754d4895d5bb603d2305e3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12111791