The steady boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid past a nonlinearly permeable stretching/shrinking sheet is numerically studied. The governing partial differential equations are reduced into a system of ordinary differential equations using a similarity transformation, which are then solved numerically using a shooting method. The local Nusselt number and the local Sherwood number and some samples of velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration profiles are graphically presented and discussed. Effects of the suction parameter, thermophoresis parameter, Brownian motion parameter and the stretching/shrinking parameter on the flow, concentration and heat transfer characteristics are thoroughly investigated. Dual solutions are found to exist in a certain range of the stretching/shrinking parameter for both shrinking and stretching cases. Results indicate that suction widens the range of the stretching/shrinking parameter for which the solution exists.

The present study analyses the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a double stratified micropolar fluid across a vertical stretching/shrinking sheet in the presence of suction, chemical reaction, and heat source effects. The governing equations in the form of partial differential equations are transitioned into coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformation. The numerical solutions are obtained with the aid of the boundary value problem bvp4c solver in the MATLAB software. Numerical results have been confirmed with the previous results for a certain case and the comparison is found to be in an excellent agreement. Results for related profiles and heat transfer characteristics are displayed through plots and tabulated for the governing parameters involved. It is found that the reduced skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number increase with the increasing chemical reaction and heat source parameters. The rising values of the chemical reaction parameter have increased the magnitude of the local Sherwood number. In contrary, the heat source parameter has the tendency to decrease the magnitude of the local Sherwood number.

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the flow and heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid through an exponentially stretching/shrinking sheet along with mixed convection and Joule heating. The nanoparticles alumina (Al2O3) and copper (Cu) are suspended into a base fluid (water) to form a new kind of hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-Cu/water). Also, the effects of constant mixed convection parameter and Joule heating are considered. Design/methodology/approach The governing partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using appropriate similarity transformations. The transformed nonlinear ODEs are solves using the bvp4c solver available in MATLAB software. A comparison of the present results shows a good agreement with the published results. Findings Dual solutions for hybrid nanofluid flow obtained for a specific range of the stretching/shrinking parameter values. The values of the skin friction coefficient increases but the local Nusselt number decreases for the first solution with the increasing of the magnetic parameter. Enhancing copper volume fraction and Eckert number reduces the surface temperature, which intimates the decrement of heat transfer rate for the first and second solutions for the stretching/shrinking sheet. In detail, the first solution results show that when the Eckert number increases as 0.1, 0.4 and 0.7 at λ = 1.5, the temperature variations reduced to 10.686840, 10.671419 and 10.655996. While in the second solution, keeping the same parameters temperature variation reduced to 9.750777, 9.557349 and 9.364489, respectively. On the other hand, the results indicate that the skin friction coefficient increases with copper volume fraction. This study shows that the thermal boundary layer thickness rises due to the rise in the solid volume fraction. It is also observed that the magnetic parameter, copper volume fraction and Eckert number widen the range of the stretching/shrinking parameter for which the solution exists. Practical implications In practice, the investigation on the flow and heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid past an exponentially stretching/shrinking sheet with mixed convection and Joule heating is crucial and useful. The problems related to hybrid nanofluid have numerous real-life and industrial applications, such as microelectronics, manufacturing, naval structures, nuclear system cooling, biomedical and drug reduction. Originality/value In specific, this study focuses on increasing thermal conductivity using a hybrid nanofluid mathematical model. The novelty of this study is the use of natural mixed convection and Joule heating in a hybrid nanofluid. This paper can obtain dual solutions. The authors declare that this study is new, and there is no previous published work similar to the present study.

The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation-point flow of a nanofluid towards a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet with chemical reaction effect is investigated. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations using a similarity transformation which are then solved numerically using the boundary value problem solver, bvp4c built in Matlab software. The numerical results are obtained for the skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, local Sherwood number as well as the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles for some values of the governing parameters, namely suction/injection parameter and chemical reaction parameter. Dual solutions are found to exist for a certain range of the stretching/shrinking parameter. A stability analysis is performed to determine which solutions are stable and physically reliable. It is found that the first solutions are stable and the second solutions are unstable. ABSTRAKAliran titik genangan magnetohidrodinamik (MHD) nanobendalir terhadap permukaan telap meregang/mengecut dengan kesan tindak balas kimia dikaji. Persamaan menakluk dalam bentuk persamaan pembezaan separa tak linear dijelmakan kepada sistem persamaan pembezaan biasa tak linear menggunakan penjelmaan keserupaan seterusnya diselesaikan secara berangka menggunakan penyelesai masalah nilai sempadan, bvp4c dibina dalam perisian Matlab. Keputusan berangka diperoleh bagi pekali geseran kulit, nombor Nusselt setempat dan nombor Sherwood setempat serta profil halaju, suhu dan pecahan isi padu nanozarah bagi beberapa nilai parameter menakluk, iaitu parameter sedutan/semburan dan parameter tindak balas kimia. Penyelesaian dual didapati wujud bagi julat tertentu parameter regangan/kecutan. Analisis kestabilan dijalankan untuk menentukan penyelesaian yang stabil dan bermakna secara fizikal. Didapati bahawa penyelesaian pertama adalah stabil dan penyelesaian kedua tidak stabil.Kata kunci: Aliran titik genangan; kesan tindak balas kimia; magnetohidrodinamik (MHD); nanobendalir; permukaan meregang/mengecut; sedutan/semburan