A GUI for Computing Hybrid Nanofluid Boundary Layer Flow using bvp4c Solver in MATLAB: Educational Purposes for University Students

Abstract

This work offers illustrations of a graphical user interface (GUI) in MATLAB software.  The governing partial differential equations are extremely useful in many industries, especially in analyzing the problem regarding this application through the analysis of the thermal and acceleration characteristics in a system. It is significant for determining whether the system is in the best momentum and whether the surface or ambient flow is good for the system to run. In addition, fluid mechanics is a subject required in certain universities (i.e., Engineering Faculty), thus it is important to have GUI as their learning tool. This GUI is a feature in MATLAB that is used to illustrate the velocity and temperature profiles and to display the numerical analysis on skin friction and local Nusselt numbers attractively and interactively. This interface can be designed by dragging and dropping the visual components onto the layout design. The GUI can be very helpful to undergraduate students in increasing their fundamental understanding of fluid flow phenomena.