Magnetic Dipole Impact on the Hybrid Nanofluid Flow over an Extending Surface

Sci Rep. 2020 May 21;10(1):8474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65298-1.

Abstract

The main features of present numerical model is to explore and compare the behavior of simple and hybrid nanoparticles, which were allowed to move on a spreading sheet. The effect of magnetic dipole on hybrid nanofluid flow is considered. A magnetic dipole combined with hybrid nanofluid plays a vital role in controlling the momentum and thermal boundary layers. In view of the impacts of a magnetic dipole on the simple and hybrid nanofluids, steady, laminar and boundary layer flow of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are characterized in this analysis. The governing equations of flow problem are diminished to ordinary differential equation (ODE's) by using similarity approach. For the numerical solution of the nonlinear ODE's, Runge Kutta order 4th technique has been executed. The impact of various physical constraints, such as volume friction, viscous dissipation, Prandtl number and so on have been sketched and briefly discussed for velocity and temperature profile. In this work, some vital characteristics such as skin friction, Curie temperature and local Nusselt number are chosen for physical and numerical analysis. It has been noted that the hybrid nanofluid is more efficient in thermal conduction due to its strong thermal characteristics as compared to simple nanofluid. From results, it is also observed that the turbulence of fluid flow can be controlled through magnetic dipole.