NANOFLUID FOR MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OVER A MOVING PLATE: A STATISTICAL STUDY

Abstract

The steady mixed convection boundary layer flow of nanofluid adjacent to a moving plate with partial slip and thermal convective boundary condition is deliberated. Considering both assisting and opposing flows, the directions movement of the plate over free stream are said in the same or opposite. By applying the similarity transformation, the partial differential equations are converted to nonlinear ordinary differential equations  which are then being solved numerically using a shooting program. The physical significance of the various involved parameters on the flow velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions are discussed via graphs and tables precisely. Based on numerical results, during the free stream and the plate moves in the same and opposite directions, there are exist dual solutions. Another important finding was that, only a certain range of mixed convection parameter and velocity ratio parameter to dual solution is exist. Using statistical rule, results revealed that both Bi and ? contributes to the significant relationship to the transfer of flow, heat and mass transfer rate.