Bio-convective couple stress nanofluid behavior analysis with temperature-dependent viscosity and higher order slip encountered by a moving surface

Abstract

In nanotechnology, the nanofluids are decomposition of base materials and nanoparticles where the nanoparticles are immersed in base liquid. The utilization of such nanoparticles into base liquids can significantly enhance the thermal features of resulting materials which involve applications in various industrial and technological processes. While studying the rheological features of non-Newtonian fluids, the constant viscosity assumptions are followed in many investigations. However, by considering the viscosity as a temperature-dependent is quite useful to improve the heating processes along with nanoparticles. Keeping such motivations in mind, this investigation reports the temperature-dependent viscosity and variable heat-dependent conductivity in bioconvection flow of couple stress nanoparticles encountered by a moving surface. The famous Reynolds exponential viscosity model is used to deploy the relations for temperature-dependent viscosity. Moreover, the activation energy and higher order slip (Wu’s slip) are also elaborated to make this investigation more novel and unique. The emerging flow equations for governing flow problem are formulated which are altered into non-dimensional forms. The numerical simulations with applications of Runge–Kutta fourth–order algorithm are focused to obtain the desired solution. Before analyzing the significant physical features of various parameters, the confirmation of solution is done by comparing the results with already reported investigations as limiting cases. The results are graphically elaborated with relevant physical consequences. Various plots for velocity, temperature, concentration, wall shear stress, local Nusselt number, local Sherwood number and motile density numbers are prepared.