Thermal characteristics of MHD [formula omitted] water nanofluids flow past a stretching/shrinking wedge in the view of Cattaneo-Christov heat flux

Abstract

Wedge flow has a variety of potential uses, including thermal systems, geothermal power plants, aerodynamics and cooling of nuclear power plants. In this framework, the modified Cattaneo-Christov heat flux is implemented to examine the thermal characteristics in the dissipative flow of a viscous nanoliquid over a shrinking/stretching wedge. The laminar and two-dimensional flow of CoFe2O4/ water over a wedge domain is scrutinized. The self-similar solutions using bvp4c together with the stability analysis are estimated to demonstrate the physical existence of first and second solutions under relevant parameters used in the study. The findings reveals that the reverse flow phenomena, the novel form of decreasing flow exhibits physical existence which is significantly different from those in the stretching flow scenario. Thermal relaxation has a substantial impact on energy flux, which results in oscillatory heat conduction with a narrower temperature. When the volumetric friction of nanoparticles grows from 0.0 to 0.02, the local skin friction coefficients rises. The upper branch elucidation is stable and physically realistic, while the second branch solution is imaginary and having no physical existence. The rise and fall in temperature and velocity is perceived with suction parameter. However, the dropping of velocity is seen with the nanoparticle volume percentage.