Convective transport via thermophoresis and brownian forces in MHD Hiemenz stagnation-point flow

Abstract

The heat and mass transfer in normal impingement of the Hiemenz stagnation-point flow of a viscous nanofluid on a bidirectional stretching sheet under the influence of the magnetic field is investigated. In a recent study, Weidman (Meccanica, vol. 53, p.833, 2018) has analyzed the phenomenon of the Hiemenz stagnation-point flow over the biaxially stretching sheet. Dual solutions have been found in this study for the various values of [Formula: see text] (streamwise stretching rate) and [Formula: see text] (cross-stream stretching rate). In the present work, the mechanism of thermal and solutal energy transport in the Hiemenz stagnation-point flow of nanoliquid is studied in the view of thermophoretic and Brownian forces. The solutions of similar ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for flow and energy transport in viscous nanofluid are computed with help of bvp4c numerical technique. The impact of dimensionless parameters on flow field and energy transport is presented graphically and discussed with physical reasoning. The outcomes reveal that the higher magnitude of Lorentz force declines the flow field in cross-stream and vertical directions, but conflicting behavior is noted for streamwise velocity component in the case of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Both thermophoresis and Brownian motion of nanoparticles enhance the energy transport in Hiemenz flow of viscous fluid. The results of the present study are validated through the shear stress parameters with a previously published study.