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Numerical study of bio-convection flow of magneto-cross nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms with activation energy

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Nature Publishing Group UK

Source : Scientific Reports Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 16030, 2021

Url : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-95587-2

Campus : Bengaluru

School : School of Engineering

Department : Mathematics

Year : 2021

Abstract : In this study, a mathematical model is developed to scrutinize the transient magnetic flow of Cross nanoliquid past a stretching sheet with thermal radiation effects. Binary chemical reactions and heat source/sink effects along with convective boundary condition are also taken into the consideration. Appropriate similarity transformations are utilized to transform partial differential equations (PDE’s) into ordinary ones and then numerically tackled by shooting method. The impacts of different emerging parameters on the thermal, concentration, velocity, and micro-rotation profiles are incorporated and discussed in detail by means of graphs. Results reveal that, the escalation in magnetic parameter and Rayleigh number slowdowns the velocity and momentum of the fluid. The increase in Biot number, radiation and heat sink/source parameters upsurges the thermal boundary but, converse trend is seen for escalating Prandtl number. The density number of motile microorganisms acts as a growing function of bioconvection Lewis number and declining function of bioconvection Peclet number.

Cite this Research Publication : Qiu-Hong Shi, Aamir Hamid, M Ijaz Khan, R Naveen Kumar, RJ Punith Gowda, BC Prasannakumara, Nehad Ali Shah, Sami Ullah Khan, Jae Dong Chung, "Numerical study of bio-convection flow of magneto-cross nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms with activation energy", Scientific Reports Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 16030, 2021

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