Abstract: In this study, a model of MHD convective tin-oxide(TiO2) nanofluid flow over a cylindrical porous plate was examined. The governing equations of continuity, momentum, energy, and concentration modelled in terms of partial differential equations with boundary conditions were non-dimensionalised using the Buckingham’s π-theorem and then were transformed into ordinary differential equations using the regular perturbation technique, each of these equations was solved in isolation using Frobenius Method which gave the analytic solutions. The solutions obtained for the momentum, energy, and concentration were subjected to analysis which gave the results for the temperature profile, concentration profile, and velocity profile graphically. It was observed that, when the radiation parameter was increased, the temperature profile dropped; as the chemical reaction was increased, the concentration profile and the velocity profile were reduced; again as the magnetic field number was increased, it lowered the profile of the velocity. The velocity profile was enhanced with an increase in the porosity parameter, and this, as a result, tended to increase in the size of the pore spaces of the porous medium; the concentration profile, temperature profile, and velocity profile all improved as the nanofluid volume fraction increased.
Keywords: Nanofluid, MHD flow, Convection, Cylindrical Porous Plate, Analytical Solutions.
Title: A MODEL ON MHD CONVECTIVE TIN-OXIDE (TiO2) NANOFLUID FLOW OVER A CYLINDERICAL POROUS PLATE
Author: Tombotamunoa W. J. Lawson, Isobeye George, Alalibo T. Ngiangia
International Journal of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-5736 (Online)
Vol. 11, Issue 1, April 2023 - September 2023
Page No: 101-121
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Published Date: 20-September-2023
