MHD Boundary Layer Flow of Nanofluid Through a Porous Medium over a Stretching Sheet with Variable Wall Thickness: Using Cattaneo-Christov Heat Flux Model

Abstract

The hydromagnetic nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet in a porous medium with variable wall thickness in the presence of Brownian motion and thermophoresis is investigated. The heat transfer characteristics with variable conductivity are explored by using Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model. The governing non-linear ordinary differential equations are solved by using boundary value problem default solver in MATLAB bvp4c package. The impact of various important flow parameters on velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration as well as the friction factor coefficient and the rate of heat and mass transfer coefficients are presented and discussed through graphs and tables. It is found that the fluid velocity is accelerated with an increase in wall thickness parameter for n > 1, while the reverse trend is observed for n < 1.