MHD Hybrid Nanofluid Flow Due to Rotating Disk with Heat Absorption and Thermal Slip Effects: An Application of Intelligent Computing

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore the flow features and heat transfer properties of an MHD hybrid nanofluid between two parallel plates under the effects of joule heating and heat absorption/generation (MHD-HFRHT) by utilizing the computational strength of Levenberg–Marquardt Supervised Neural Networks (LM-SNNs). Similarity equations are utilized to reduce the governing PDEs into non-linear ODEs. A reference solution in the form of data sets for MHD-HFRHT flow is obtained by creating different scenarios by varying involved governing parameters such as the Hartman number, rotation parameter, Reynolds number, velocity slip parameter, thermal slip parameter and Prandtl number. These reference data sets for all scenarios are placed for training, validation and testing through LM-SNNs and the obtained results are then compared with reference output to validate the accuracy of the proposed solution methodology. AI-based computational strength with the applicability of LM-SNNs provides an accurate and reliable source for the analysis of the presented fluid-flow system, which has been tested and incorporated for the first time. The stability, performance and convergence of the proposed solution methodology are validated through the numerical and graphical results presented, based on mean square error, error histogram, regression plots and an error-correlation measurement. MSE values of up to the accuracy level of 1 × 10−11 established the worth and reliability of the computational technique. Due to an increase in the Hartmann number, a resistance was observed, resulting in a reduction in the velocity profile. This occurs as the Hartmann number measures the relative implication of drag force that derives from magnetic induction of the velocity of the fluid flow system. However, the Reynolds number accelerates in the velocity profile due to the dominating impact of inertial force.