HYDROMAGNETIC MAXWELL NANOPARTICLES FLUID FLOW ON A STRETCHING SURFACE WITH RADIATION, CHEMICAL REACTION AND NAVIER SLIP CONDITION

Abstract

The analysis of nanofluids in solar thermal system is very interesting because it has important en- gineering applications in solar collectors. Beside these, the boundary layer flows of non-Newtonian fluids have been given considerable attentions due to increasing engineering applications. This work investigates the Maxwell nanoparticles fluid flow on a stretching surface with radiative heat transfer, chemical reaction, and Navier slip condition. The governing equations that model the transport phenomena were transformed using suitable similarity variables. The qualitative analysis (i.e. ex- istence, uniqueness and stability of the solution) of the corresponding coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations were established. The boundary value problem of the corresponding coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations were solved numerically using shooting technique together with the fourth-order Runge-kutta integration scheme and in-built bvp4c package of MATLAB. The effects of various controlling parameters on velocity, temperature, and concentration distri- butions were presented graphically and studied theoretically. Furthermore, the study reveals that the Navier slip parameter (δ) increases as the velocity distribution decreases, while it enhances both the temperature and concentration distributions, increase in the radiation parameter (N r) enhances the temperature distribution, and the chemical reaction (γ) increment leads to decrease in concentration distribution