Effect of Chemical Reaction and Thermo-Diffusion in an Electrically Conducting Walters’ B Fluid over a Vertical Stretching Surface

Abstract

In this article, the significance of chemical reaction and thermo-diffusion in Walters’ B fluid is examined with medium porosity under the influence of non-uniform heat generation\absorption. The nonlinear ordinary differential equations describing the flow are obtained via similarity variables and tackled by Homotopy Analysis Method. The results show among others that involvement of chemical reaction contributes to the shrinking of concentration buoyancy effect while dimensionless temperature overshoot with large values of convective heat parameter and heat generation\absorption which enable thermal potency to gain entrance to the quiescent-fluid, indicating that the two parameters can be used for drying of the components.

Study on Impact of Magnetic Dipole and Thermal Radiation on Flow/Heat Transfer of Jeffery Fluid over Stretching Sheet with Suction/Injection

“…Because of the versatility of non-Newtonian fluids, different fluid models under it have been documented extensively in the literature. For example, the Walters' B fluid was considered by different authors in [12][13][14][15][16]. While the Casson Nanofluid was treated by Akaje and Olajuwon [17,19] and Akaje [18].…”