Nonlinear convection stagnation point flow of Oldroyd-B nanofluid with non-Fourier heat and non-Fick’s mass flux over a spinning sphere

Abstract

AbstractThe current paper concerned with a non-linear convection flow of the Oldroyd-B nanofluid at a point of stagnation across a rotating sphere under the influence of convective heat and passive control conditions. The analysis of energy and concentration transition has been scrutinized based on the Cattaneo–Christov diffusion model. The formulated coupled mathematical problem involving boundary requirements can be alerted to a set of highly nonlinear ordinary differential equations by employing similarity analysis. The numerical solution for the governing problem was computed by utilizing bvp4c solver method. The performance of velocity fields, skin friction drag, energy, heat transfer rate, and concentration for various control parameters has been analyzed using diagrams and tables. The findings stipulated that velocity, temperature, and nanoparticle are enhanced for the relaxation time constant while they decay for the retardation time parameter. The upshots also confirmed that enlarging magnetic parameters leads to improve both linear velocity and coefficient of skin friction. The velocity profiles are enhanced as a function of the rotation constant. But, normal velocity declines for buoyancy force ratio, and the same trend is being noted for magnetic and relaxation time parameters on angular velocity. The fluid temperature declines for the Prandtl number and augments for thermal convective parameter. The coefficient of skin friction decreases for larger thermal relaxation and rotation parameters, whereas an analogous effect is being noticed for Brownian parameter on the concentration field. Further, the thermophoresis parameter displays an enhancing tendency on temperature as well as concentration profile while bringing down the Nusselt number. The Lewis number and solutal relaxation parameter filter the concentration field. The graph of the streamline is sketched for identical values of the magnetic parameter and noticed that the contour lines increased as magnified. Confirmation of the current outcomes with former studies is presented.