Effects of Variable Fluid Properties on Oblique Stagnation Point Flow of a Casson Nanofluid with Convective Boundary Conditions

Abstract

Oblique stagnation point flow of a Casson nanofluid over a heated stretching surface is examined under the influence of variable fluid properties. The impact of variable fluid properties on the flow field is examined by taking a convective boundary condition into account. Momentum, energy and concentration equations are transformed into the non-linear ordinary differential system through suitable similarity transformations and are solved analytically via Optimal Homotopy Analysis Method (OHAM). Effect of pertinent parameters on dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration are depicted graphically. Numerical values of skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number have been calculated for various parameters. The results indicate that the axial velocity decreases with an increase in variable viscosity whereas the dual impact of variable viscosity is observed on transverse velocity.