Flow and heat transfer of nanofluids at a stagnation point flow over a stretching/shrinking surface in a porous medium with thermal radiation

Abstract

In this paper, the effects of thermal radiation and viscous dissipation on a stagnation point flow and heat transfer over a flat stretching/shrinking surface in nanofluids are analyzed. The effects of suction/injection are also considered. Using a similarity transformation, the governing equations are transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The resulting system is then solved numerically by Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method with shooting technique. It is observed that the local Nusselt number increases with increment in the suction/injection parameter for stretching sheet whereas reverse effect is observed for shrinking sheet. It is found that skin-friction coefficient increases for both stretching/shrinking sheet with increase in volume fraction of the nanoparticles.