COMBINED EFFECT OF LOCAL THERMAL NONEQUILIBRIUM AND GRAVITY MODULATION ON THERMAL INSTABILITY IN MICROPOLAR NANOFLUID SATURATED POROUS MEDIA

Abstract

In the present paper an effect of gravity modulation in a horizontal parallel flat plate having micropolar nanofluid saturated by a porous medium is examined. Local thermal nonequilibrium (LTNE) has been observed for the problem, i.e., the fluid, particle, and solid matrix are at different temperatures. Onset of convection and heat and mass transfer for both the cases, i.e., linear stability and nonlinear stability, is analyzed. We conclude that rate of convection in the LTNE case is faster than in the LTE case. Effect of porosity is observed in the LTNE region, which is opposite to the effect observed in the LTE region. Increase in value of A, K<sub>1</sub>, and δ delay the rate of convection. Small value of frequency of gravity modulation forms a greater number of small periods which delay the rate of convection. On increasing the value, heat transfer increases. At higher frequency of modulation we obtain the case similar to unmodulated case.