Nonlinear Radiative Heat Transfer and Boundary Layer Flow of Maxwell Nanofluid Past Stretching Sheet

摘要

In this study, the numerical solution of the nonlinear thermal radiation and chemical reaction effects on the boundary layer flow over a stretching sheet in a Maxwell nanofluid with slip condition is considered. The transformed boundary layer equations are solved numerically using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg (RKF-45) method. Numerical solutions are obtained for the temperature and the velocity profiles. The features of the flow and the heat transfer characteristics for various values of Prandtl number, thermal radiation parameter, temperature ratio parameter, Maxwell parameter, dimensionless velocity slip parameter and thermal slip parameter are analyzed and discussed. Validation of the current method is proved by comparing our results with the existing results under limiting situations. Radiation parameter, temperature ratio parameter shows positive effect on local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number.