Effects of Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Flow of Powell-Eyring Fluid Past an Exponentially Stretching Sheet

PLoS One. 2015 Sep 1;10(9):e0133831. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133831. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

The aim here is to investigate the effects of convective heat and mass transfer in the flow of Eyring-Powell fluid past an inclined exponential stretching surface. Mathematical formulation and analysis have been performed in the presence of Soret, Dufour and thermal radiation effects. The governing partial differential equations corresponding to the momentum, energy and concentration are reduced to a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations. Resulting nonlinear system is computed for the series solutions. Interval of convergence is determined. Physical interpretation is seen for the embedded parameters of interest. Skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number are numerically computed and examined.

MeSH terms

  • Convection*
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Mechanical Phenomena*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Solutions*

Substances

  • Solutions

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.