Engineering applications development through OHAM in heat and mass transfer during stagnant flow of second-grade nanomaterial

Abstract

This paper investigates the stagnation point flow of a second-grade nanomaterial, considering nanofluid effects via thermophoresis and Brownian motion. The study addresses convective heat and mass transfer conditions within the flow induced by a stretching cylinder. The transformed systems are solved using the optimal homotopy solutions (OHAM) method, revealing the impact of various parameters on the quantities of interest. The results indicate that an increase in curvature, viscoelasticity, velocity ratio and injection parameters leads to an enhancement in velocity, while the opposite trend is observed due to suction. The viscoelasticity and curvature parameters also increase skin friction. Additionally, thermophoresis enhances the temperature and concentration fields, while Brownian motion reduces mass diffusion.