@Article{fdmp.2023.025224,
AUTHOR = {Samia Rani, H. A. M. Al–Sharifi, Mohammad S. Zannon, Abid Hussanan, Zafar Ullah},
TITLE = {Nanoparticle Shape Effect on a Sodium–Alginate Based Cu–Nanofluid under a Transverse Magnetic Field},
JOURNAL = {Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing},
VOLUME = {19},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {7},
PAGES = {1875--1896},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fdmp/v19n7/51769},
ISSN = {1555-2578},
ABSTRACT = {Sodium-alginate (SA) based nanofluids represent a new generation of fluids with improved performances in terms
of heat transfer. This work examines the influence of the nanoparticle shape on a non–Newtonian viscoplastic
Cu–nanofluid pertaining to this category. In particular, a stretching/shrinking sheet subjected to a transverse magnetic field is considered. The proposed Cu–nanofluid consists of four different nanoparticles having different
shapes, namely bricks, cylinders, platelets, and blades dispersed in a mixture of sodium alginate with Prandtl
number Pr = 6.45. Suitable similarity transformations are employed to reduce non–linear PDEs into a system
of ODEs and these equations and related boundary conditions are solved numerically by means of a Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg (RKF) method. Moreover, analytical solutions are obtained through the application of a MAPLE
built–in differential equation solver (Dsolve). The behavior of prominent parameters against velocity and temperature is analyzed. It is found that the temperature increases for all shapes of nanoparticles with the viscoplastic
parameter and the Eckert number.},
DOI = {10.32604/fdmp.2023.025224}
}