Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) Nanofluids Flow and Heat Transfer under MHD Effect over a Moving Surface

Nazrul Azlan Abdul Samat; Norfifah Bachok; Norihan Md Arifin

Authors

Nazrul Azlan Abdul Samat Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Norfifah Bachok Institute of Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Norihan Md Arifin Institute of Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Keywords:

CNTs Nanofluids, Heat Transfer, Moving Plate, MHD

Abstract

The 2D steady flow of CNTs nanofluids and heat transfer over the moving plate through a uniform free stream under the effect of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is studied. The movement of plate is presumed in the opposite or same direction. A mathematical modelling that is governed by a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) system subjected to boundary conditions is transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary equations (ODEs). An attempt at finding the expected outcomes is successfully executed by solving ODEs system using MATLAB bvp4c solver. The effect of various parameters such as magnetic field, CNTs volume friction and moving parameter on velocity and temperature profile, skin friction, Nusselt number and heat transfer rate are investigated numerically. The results are illustrated using graphical approach. From the results, the increment of magnetic field into the flow will increase in both the skin friction and the heat transfer coefficient. Besides that, non-unique solutions are obtained when the plate move in opposite direction.