This study reports the three-dimensional mixed convection flow of an Oldroyd-B nanofluid past a bidirectional stretching surface. Nonlinear partial differential equations obtained from the flow problem were converted into nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation, and then, the numerical solutions of these ODEs with corresponding boundary conditions were obtained by employing a bvp4c solver. The effect of governing parameters on nondimensional velocity along x- and y-directions, temperature, particle concentration, local Nusselt number, and Sherwood number was presented through graphs and tables. It can be seen that the increasing values of the Brownian motion parameter Nb and thermophoresis parameter Nt lead to an increase in the temperature field and thermal boundary layer thickness, while the opposite behavior is observed for concentration field and concentration boundary layer thickness. As the Deborah number β1 increases, the concentration profile as well as concentration boundary layer thickness increase. However, the effects of β2 on the concentration profile are opposite to those of β1. An increase in δt, Pr, and α results in a decrease in temperature. It is reported that the local Nusselt number increases when β and Pr increase, whereas it decreases when λ, Nb, Nt, and Sc increase. An increase in Biot number Bi results in an increase in the Nusselt number, and an increase in Nt results in an increase in the Sherwood number. The results of the present analysis were compared with the available works in particular situations, and more agreement has been noted.
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