Numerical solution of MHD Sisko fluid over a stretching cylinder and heat transfer analysis
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 1 August 2016
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Sisko fluid model over a stretching cylinder with heat transfer and magnetohydrodynamics.
Design/methodology/approach
The boundary layer approach is employed to simplify the governing equations. Suitable similarity transformations are used to transform the governing partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations. In order to solve this system of ordinary differential equations numerically, shooting method in conjunction with Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method is used.
Findings
The effects of physical parameters involved in velocity and temperature profiles are shown through graphs. It is observed that Sisko fluid parameter and curvature parameter enhances fluid velocity while motion of fluid is retarded by increasing magnetic field strength. Additionally temperature of fluid raise with curvature parameter while it fall down for larger values of Prandtl number. Skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number are computed and presented in graphs and tables for further analysis. It can be seen that curvature parameter increases both skin friction and Nusselt number while magnetic field and Prandtl number decayed skin friction and Nusselt number, respectively. Also Sisko parameter enlarges skin friction coefficient. The accuracy of solution is verified by comparing it with existing literature.
Originality/value
The computed results are interested for industrial and engineering processes, especially in cooling of nuclear reactors.
Keywords
Citation
Malik, M.Y., Hussain, A., Salahuddin, T. and Awais, M. (2016), "Numerical solution of MHD Sisko fluid over a stretching cylinder and heat transfer analysis", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 26 No. 6, pp. 1787-1801. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-06-2015-0211
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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