Significance of Cattaneo-Christov Heat Flux on Chemically Reacting Nanofluids Flow Past a Stretching Sheet with Joule Heating Effect

Abstract

This paper examined the significance of Cattaneo-Christov's theories on the flow of chemically reacting fluid past a stretching surface with thermophysical parameters. The mathematical modelling of the physical problem was represented by partial differential equations. The set of partial differential equations was simplified by employing suitable similarity variables to obtain the system of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The transformed equations were later solved using the spectral relaxation method. The spectral relaxation method employs the basic concept of the Gauss-Seidel relaxation techniques. The outcome of this method was presented in graphs and tables. The thermal radiation parameter was found to enhance the velocity and temperature distributions. Also, the effect of the magnetic field parameter was found to decline the velocity profile. It was found that the Brownian motion parameter greatly influences the velocity as well as temperature profiles