Numerical and linear regression analysis on MHD two‐phase flow in an asymmetric nonuniform channel

Abstract

The flow through asymmetric nonuniform (convergent) channels with the effect of the magnetic field have a pronounced impact in engineering and biological fields such as chemical and food industries, blood flow through capillaries, and arteries, and so forth. With this motivation, the present study focuses on convective hydromagnetic particulate suspension flow in an asymmetric convergent channel under the heat generation effect. The numerical method is applied to solve the nondimensionalized equations governing the transport process of fluid and particle flow and its heat. To check the convergence of the computational results, a grid independence test has been performed. A comparison test has been made to validate the results and an admirable agreement is noticed with published results. Computation results are reported for the influence of emerging parameters on the fluid as well as particle velocity and temperature profiles through graphs and tables. A method of slope linear regression through data points is presented to study the impact of various parameters on skin friction and Nusselt number. The study How to cite this article: Ramprasad S, Mallikarjuna B, Bhatta SHCVS. Numerical and linear regression analysis on MHD two-phase flow in an asymmetric nonuniform channel.