Radiation Effects in Flow through Porous Medium over a Rotating Disk with Variable Fluid Properties

Abstract

The present study investigates the radiation effects in flow through porous medium over a permeable rotating disk with velocity slip and temperature jump. Fluid properties density(ρ), viscosity(μ), and thermal conductivity(κ)are taken to be dependent on temperature. Particular case considering these fluid properties’ constant is also discussed. The governing partial differential equations are converted into nonlinear normal differential equation using similarity alterations. Transformed system of equations is solved numerically by using Runge-Kutta method with shooting technique. Effects of various parameters such as porosity parameterK, suction parameterWs, rotational Reynolds number Re, Knudsen number Kn, Prandtl number Pr, radiation parameterN, and relative temperature difference parameterεon velocity profiles along radial, tangential, and axial direction and temperature distribution are investigated for both variable fluid properties and constant fluid properties. Results obtained are analyzed and depicted through graphs and table.