Investigation of radiative MHD Carreau nanofluid over an inclined stretching cylinder with activating energy, Wu’s slip, and convective heating

Abstract

The influence of radiation, convective heating, second-order velocity slip condition, and activating energy on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Carreau nanofluid and heat/mass transfer are depicted in this study. A mathematical model of the Carreau nanofluid is carried out with the effects of thermophoresis and Brownian motion. The governing equations are transformed into a system of nonlinear coupled differential equations. Solutions of the transformed equations are derived by the Matlab BVP4c solver. Efficiency of the solver is verified by the comparison with the previous literature. Moreover, the impacts of the dimensionless velocity, temperature, and nanoparticle concentration profile are elucidated graphically.

Keywords:

• Activating energy
• BVP4c solver
• Carreau fluid
• convective heating
• radiation
• velocity slip

Disclosure statement

Authors have declared none conflict of interest.