MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF FERROFLUID FLOW IN A HEATED MICROCHANNEL WITH PERMEABLE WALLS

Authors

  • Mesfin Kefene Adams Science and Technology University
  • Daniel Makinde Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X2, Saldanha 7395, South Africa
  • Lemi Enyadene Department of Applied Mathematics, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52292/j.laar.2022.666

Keywords:

Ferrofluid; Permeable microchannel; Variable viscosity; Suction/injection; Modified Buongiorno.

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the combined effects of magnetic field, nanoparticles volume fractions, variable viscosity of unsteady ferrofluid flow in a microchannel with parallel permeable walls oriented horizontally whose temperatures are held asymmetrically. Using similarity transformation process, the governing Navier-Stoke’s, energy equations and the associated initial boundary conditions (IBCs) are reduced to a set of dimensionless nonlinear partial differential equations with IBCs. The numerical method used for solving these equations is semi-discretization via centered finite difference with Runge-Kutta Fehlberg integration techniques. The effects of pertinent parameters on dimensionless fluid velocity, temperature, skin friction, Nusselt number are analyzed through graphical depiction using MAPLE software.

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Published

2022-06-21

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 3 (2022): Latin American Applied Research

Section

Heat and Mass Transfer

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