Radiation effect on convective boundary layer dusty flow over a stretching surface

Abstract

The effect of radiation evolved from fluids and particles on a convective balanced boundary layer dusty fluid flow model has been analyzed over a vertical stretching surface. Models are available with the consideration of radiation and viscous dissipation in fluid phase only. However, an equal and opposite reaction/force is also developed in the particle/dust phase, which was not taken into account in the previous literature. So, this paper investigates a model where the radiation and viscous dissipation are coupled through both the fluid and particle phase equations. A linear stretching of surface generates the boundary layer flow. By the help of suitable similar transformation, the prevailing equations are transferred to ordinary non-linear differential equations of order three and are solved numerically by the bvp4c method of MATLAB. An analysis has been performed to show the effectiveness of different thermophysical parameters on different boundary layer characteristics. The numerical results are in good agreement with the past literature, validating the present method and result. Graphs are plotted for different flow characteristics to explore the physics of problem.