학술논문

Transverse magnetic field on Jeffery–Hamel problem with Cu–water nanofluid between two non parallel plane walls by using collocation method
Document Type
article
Source
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol 4, Iss C, Pp 193-201 (2014)
Subject
Collocation method
Magneto hydro dynamic flow
Jeffery–Hamel flow
Nano-particle
Nonlinear ordinary differential equations
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Language
English
ISSN
2214-157X
Abstract
An analysis has been performed to study the problem of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) Jeffery–Hamel flow with nanoparticles. The governing equations for this problem are reduced to an ordinary form and is solved using collocation method (CM) and numerically by fourth order Runge–Kutta technique. Also, Velocity fields have been computed and shown graphically for various values of physical parameters. The objective of the present work is to investigate the effect of the semi angles between the plates, Reynolds number, magnetic field strength and nanoparticles volume fraction on the velocity field. As an important outcome, Increasing Reynolds numbers leads to reduce velocity and excluded backflow in convergent channel.