MHD Boundary Layer Slip Flow and Heat Transfer of Nanofluid Past a Vertical Stretching Sheet with Non-Uniform Heat Generation/Absorption

Abstract

An investigation of the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) boundary layer slip flow over a vertical stretching sheet in nanofluid with non-uniform heat generation/absorbtion in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field has been carried out. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations and then solved numerically using the Runge–Kutta fourth order method with shooting technique. Numerical results are obtained for the fluid velocity, temperature as well as the shear stress and the rate of heat transfer at the surface of the sheet. The results show that there are significant effects of various pertinent parameters on velocity and temperature profiles.