Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow of Jeffrey Nanofluid on a Horizontal Circular Cylinder with Viscous Dissipation Effect

Abstract

The present study delves into the impact of viscous dissipation and suspended nanoparticles on mixed convection flow of Jeffrey fluid from a horizontal circular cylinder. A concise enlightenment on the separation of boundary layer flow is included and discussed starting from the lower stagnation point flow up to the separation point only. The non-dimensional and non-similarity transformation variables are implemented to transform the dimensional nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) into two nonlinear PDEs, and then tackled numerically through the Keller-box method. Representation of tabular and graphical results are executed for velocity and temperature profiles as well as the reduced skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number to investigate the physical insight of emerging parameters. It was found that the incremented ratio of relaxation to retardation, Deborah number and Eckert number have delayed the boundary layer separation up to