Author:
S. Sushma ,M. Uma ,B. N. Veena ,N. Srikanth
Abstract
The heat transfers of a hybrid nanofluid flow with steady, mixed convection over a variable thickness is investigated in the present work. The non- linear PDE’s of the physical model are converted into ODE’s by means of suitable similarity transformations. The subsequent ODE’s are solved using MATLAB and shown the effects graphically for the parameters like wall thickness, mixed convection, velocity index for both nf and hnf, Nusselt number and Skin friction for hybrid nf.
Publisher
Informatics Publishing Limited
Subject
Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Fuel Technology
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