Explicit numerical study of unsteady hydromagnetic mixed convective nanofluid flow from an exponentially stretching sheet in porous media

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 943-957

  Bég, O Anwar ^a,e   Khan, M S ^b   Karim, Ifsana ^b   Alam, Md M ^b   Ferdows, M ^c,d  

^a Gort Engovation Research (Propulsion and Biomechanics)   (United Kingdom)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Japan Atomic Energy Company   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Explicit finite difference method (EFDM); Exponentially stretching sheet; Magnetic field; Mixed convective flow; Nanofluid; Porous media; Stability analysis; Transient flow; Variational iteration method (VIM)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; GRASHOF NUMBER; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOPHORESIS; VISCOSITY;

EXPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MIXED CONVECTIVE FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRETCHING SHEET; TRANSIENT FLOW; VARIATIONAL ITERATION METHOD;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 84947097695     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-013-0275-0     Document Type: Article

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