Darcy–Forchheimer flow of Carreau fluid over a curved stretching surface with slip condition and variable thermal conductivity

Abstract

The aim of this study is to perform analysis of nonlinear mixed convection flow of Carreau fluid due to curved stretched surface with slip condition. Furthermore, the effect of Darcy–Forchheimer and MHD is taken into consideration. The energy equation is modified by considering the variable thermal conductivity with Joule heating effect. The governing equations of the problem are highly nonlinear partial differential equations subjected to boundary conditions. Similarity transformations are used to transform nonlinear PDEs into ODEs. The numerical technique is used to solve this problem via bvp4c. The main outcomes of this research are that the impact of Forchheimer and porosity parameter tends to decrease the fluid velocity for shear thickening case. The velocity slip condition increases the fluid velocity only near the surface but the fluid velocity away from the surface does not get affected. The changing thermal conductivity raises the temperature of the fluid near the boundary. Furthermore, the impacts of various parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles are demonstrated. The values of local Nusselt number and skin friction for a different parameter are provided.