Magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point flow of Williamson hybrid nanofluid via stretching sheet in a porous medium with heat source and chemical reaction

Abstract

The stagnation point flow of non-Newtonian fluids has several engineering and industrial applications. In this article, we considered the investigation of the magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point flow of Williamson hybrid nanofluid with chemical reaction and energy generation effects over a porous extending sheet. Similarly, the characteristics of radiation and convective boundary conditions are also taken. Presumptions of boundary layer movement of Williamson hybrid nanofluid facilitate the simplification of the essential mathematical equations for the conservation of mass, energy, momentum and concentration. By introducing the similarity variables, the controlling partial differential equations have been transformed into dimensionless ordinary differential equations. Then, the most effective homotopy analysis method is used to approximate the solutions of reduced ordinary differential equations. Graphical calculations are carried out for hybrid nanofluid [Formula: see text] and nanofluid [Formula: see text]. To investigate the impacts of leading parameters, graphs for the quantities are generated. At the boundary, the local skin friction factor, the Sherwood number and the Nusselt number are also determined. According to the outcomes, it is discovered that when the porosity parameter increases the velocity profile of the hybrid nanofluid [Formula: see text] climbs above that of the nanofluid [Formula: see text]. An increase in thermal radiation parameter and Biot number causes a greater thickness of the thermal boundary layer, which in turn raises the temperature of the hybrid nanofluid. Furthermore, the increased chemical reaction decreases the concentration in both [Formula: see text] hybrid nano liquid and [Formula: see text] mono nanofluid cases.