Thermocapillarity in Cross Hybrid Nanofilm Flow Past an Unsteady Stretching Sheet

Abstract

The present work is highly interested in examining the transport phenomena of the thin Cross hybrid nanofluid film flow over a continuously stretching surface. The proposed thin film flow study elucidates the film extrusion process, which is prominent in the packaging industry. With the intention of improvising the quality of the coating process, the thermocapillarity and injection effects have been probed in the present model. A suitable similarity transformation and the MATLAB software aid in producing accurate numerical solutions. The accumulated numerical results indicate that an increment in the hybrid nanofluid viscosity and surface tension intensity reduces the wall shear stress past the permeable stretching sheet and improves the heat transfer rate. Remarkably, negative film thickness has been identified when the unsteadiness parameter is greater than or equal to 0.9 while the thermocapillarity parameter falls within the range of 0 and 0.6.