A two‐component modeling for free stream velocity in magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow with radiation and chemical reaction over a stretching cylinder

Abstract

AbstractThis analysis explores the influence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluid flow over a stretching cylinder with radiation effect in presence of chemically reactive species. The thermal radiation phenomenon is incorporated in the temperature equation. The mathematical modeling of the physical problem produces nonlinear set of partial differential equations corresponding to the momentum and energy equations that can be transformed into simultaneous system of ordinary differential equations with appropriate boundary conditions by applying similarity transformations. Shooting technique is used to solve the molded equations after adoption of Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg approach and ODE45 solver in MATLAB. A parametric analysis has been carried out to investigate the impacts of physical parameters that are considered in the current study. The attractive pattern studied the consequence of Brownian motion along with thermophoresis parameter. The outcomes of prominent fluid parameters, especially heat radiation, Lewis number, free stream velocity, chemical reaction, thermophoresis, and Brownian motion on the concentration, temperature, as well as velocity have been examined and are displayed through graphs and tables. The present study reveals that the temperature phenomenon enhances with an increase in radiation parameter, while nanoparticle concentration phenomenon reduces with an increase in chemical reaction parameter.