Abstract

AbstractThis communication examines the impact of carbon nanotubes (single‐wall carbon nanotubes [SWCNT] and multi‐wall carbon nanotubes [MWCNT]) on magnetohydrodynamic Brinkman and Forchheimer flow in a planar microchannel with multiple slips. Flow through a porous medium is modeled via Brinkman and Forchheimer theory. The impacts of thermal‐dependent heat source (THS) and exponential space‐dependent heat source (ESHS) are deployed. Aspects of Joule and viscous dissipations are also retained. The dimensionless equations are solved using the Runge‐Kutta‐Fehlberg joint with shooting methodology. The significance of various nondimensional parameters on the flow distributions as well as skin‐friction and Nusselt number is illustrated and analyzed. Closed form solution of momentum quantity is developed for a particular case. Obtained numerical results are in perfect agreement with analytical results. Further, the results of SWCNT and MWCNT are compared.

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