Magnetized squeezing nanofluid flow with viscous heating and Robin boundary conditions: A Buongiorno nanofluid model

Abstract

The flow of fluid that occurs when two parallel disks are squeezed together has applications in compression, the processing of polymers, the production of plastics, injection modeling, and lubrication systems. In this paper, the unsteady squeezing flow and heat transport of nanoliquid that is subjected to convective thermal boundary conditions and viscous heating have been studied numerically. This study was inspired by the exploration of the thermophysical properties of magnetic nanoparticles in squeezing tribology. The flow between two horizontal parallel disks is accounted for where the upper disk is non-static when the lower disk is fixed. The powerful Runge–Kutta method-based shooting scheme is utilized to solve the assumed problem. The influence of pertinent key parameters on involved fields is visualized graphically and scrutinized. It is exhibited that the haphazard motion of NPs contributes highly to the enhancement of thermal and concentration fields. Also, the Robin boundary conditions affect flow fields significantly. Intensifying the Brownian motion effect enhances NPs’ concentration. Radial velocity is damped in the core region with stronger magnetic field. The mass transport rate is diminished, and the heat transmission rate is enhanced. The computations are relevant to smart nano-tribological systems in mechanical and aerospace engineering.