Double stratification impacts on MHD flow of micropolar nanofluid over a stretching surface inserted in porous medium

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of double stratification impacts on the MHD flow of a nanofluid produced by a porous stretching sheet has been conducted by using a numerical approach. The convective boundary conditions (CBCs) and Newtonian heating (NH) cases have been particularly considered in this problem. The governing equations defined in partial differential equations (PDEs) form are converted into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by using appropriate transformations to meet the requirement of the used numerical method which is bvp4c in the MATLAB software package. Moreover, the numerical findings of the ODEs are displayed via graphical and tabular forms. The impacts of different flow parameters used in particular problem are discussed for the profiles of the velocity, temperature and concentration of micropolar nanofluid along the values of coefficient of skin-friction [Formula: see text], Nusselt number [Formula: see text], the Sherwood number [Formula: see text] and in relation with the variation parameters in general, CBC and NH are calculated to get a clear insight into the flow situation. Some of the findings show that the skin friction increases by increase in magnetic, permeability and material parameters in all cases but the skin friction is reduced by increasing the thermophoresis parameter for CBC and NH cases, respectively. Microrotation profile decreases when material parameter increases, whereas microrotation profiles enhance with increase of the magnetic field and porosity of porous medium.