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Spectral quasi-linearization method for Casson fluid with homogeneous heterogeneous reaction in presence of nonlinear thermal radiation over an exponential stretching sheet

Subrata Das (Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)
Hiranmoy Mondal (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
Prabir Kumar Kundu (Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)
Precious Sibanda (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures

ISSN: 1573-6105

Article publication date: 23 November 2018

Issue publication date: 21 February 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The focus of the paper is only on the contributions toward the use of entropy generation of non-Newtonian Casson fluid over an exponential stretching sheet. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the entropy generation and homogeneous–heterogeneous reaction. Velocity and thermal slips are considered instead of no-slip conditions at the boundary.

Design/methodology/approach

Basic equations in form of partial differential equations are converted into a system of ordinary differential equations and then solved using the spectral quasi-linearization method (SQLM).

Findings

The validity of the model is established using error analysis. Variation of the velocity, temperature, concentration profiles and entropy generation against some of the governing parameters are presented graphically. It is to be noted that the increase in entropy generation due to increase in heterogeneous reaction parameter is due to the increase in heat transfer irreversibility. It is further noted that the Bejan number decreases with Brinkman number because increase in Brinkman number reduces the total entropy generation.

Originality/value

This paper acquires realistic numerical explanations for rapidly convergent temperature and concentration profiles using the SQLM. Convergence of the numerical solutions was monitored using the residual error of the PDEs. The resulting equations are then integrated using the SQLM. The influence of emergent flow, heat and mass transfer parameters effects are shown graphically.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thanks Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, financially supported the research work.

Citation

Das, S., Mondal, H., Kundu, P.K. and Sibanda, P. (2019), "Spectral quasi-linearization method for Casson fluid with homogeneous heterogeneous reaction in presence of nonlinear thermal radiation over an exponential stretching sheet", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 398-417. https://doi.org/10.1108/MMMS-04-2018-0073

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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