Physical aspects of Darcy-Forchheimer bidirectional flow in carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs and MWCNTs)
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 3 May 2019
Issue publication date: 11 June 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to examine the three-dimensional (3D) flow of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) due to bidirectional nonlinearly stretching surface by considering porous medium. Characteristics of both single-walled CNTs and multi-walled CNTs are discussed by considering Xue model. Darcy–Forchheimer model is used for flow saturating porous medium.
Design/methodology/approach
Optimal homotopy analysis method is used for the development of series solutions.
Findings
The authors deal with 3D Darcy–Forchheimer flow of CNTs over a nonlinearly stretching surface. Heat transport mechanism is discussed in the presence of Xue model. The homogeneous and heterogeneous effects are also accounted. The mathematical modeling is computed using boundary-layer approximations.
Originality/value
No such work has been done yet in the literature.
Keywords
Citation
Khan, M.I., Rashid, M., Hayat, T., Khan, N.B. and Alsaedi, A. (2019), "Physical aspects of Darcy-Forchheimer bidirectional flow in carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs and MWCNTs)", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 2032-2056. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-12-2018-0770
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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