MHD free convective heat and mass transfer flow passing through semi‐infinite plate for Cu‐water and TiO2‐water nanofluids in presence of radiation embedded in porous medium

Abstract

AbstractThis research presents an analytical study of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)‐free convective heat and mass transfer flow of a nanofluid bounded by a semi‐infinite flat plate. A magnetic field of strength is applied throughout the fluid region. The plate is moving with a constant velocity , temperature, and the concentration are assumed to be fluctuating with time harmonically from a constant mean at the plate. The frontier equations are assumed to be of an oscillatory nature and cracked analytically using the perturbation technique. The novelty of the present work is to examine the heat and mass transfer MHD flow for Cu‐water and TiO2‐water nanofluids in the presence of thermal radiation. The influence of physical parameters on the flow domain is described in the discussions by graphically and in tabular form. It was found that the fluid temperature and skin friction were reduced with the increased values of the radiation parameters for Cu‐water and TiO2‐water nanofluids. Also, it is noticed that the concentration boundary layer thickness decreases with an increase in chemical reaction parameters.