In this paper, the problem of an unsteady free convection of MHD nanofluid flow past a semi-infinite vertical rotating plate embedded in a porous medium subject to a first-order chemical reaction has been studied nume...In this paper, the problem of an unsteady free convection of MHD nanofluid flow past a semi-infinite vertical rotating plate embedded in a porous medium subject to a first-order chemical reaction has been studied numerically. The fluid flow has been mathematically modelled under the assumption that the viscosity of the fluid is temperature dependent. The governing dimensional partial differential equations were transformed into their equivalence non-dimensional form using a suitable variable. The resulting nonlinear partial differential equations were solved numerically using the bivariate interpolated spectral relaxation method (BI-SRM). The impacts of our physical parameters on the velocity components, temperature, concentration, and axial components of the induced magnetic field, as well as skin friction, are investigated using graphical and tabular forms. This establishes that as the rotation parameter increases, the secondary velocity field is rising, however when the Reynolds magnetic number increases, the opposite pattern is demonstrated.展开更多
文摘In this paper, the problem of an unsteady free convection of MHD nanofluid flow past a semi-infinite vertical rotating plate embedded in a porous medium subject to a first-order chemical reaction has been studied numerically. The fluid flow has been mathematically modelled under the assumption that the viscosity of the fluid is temperature dependent. The governing dimensional partial differential equations were transformed into their equivalence non-dimensional form using a suitable variable. The resulting nonlinear partial differential equations were solved numerically using the bivariate interpolated spectral relaxation method (BI-SRM). The impacts of our physical parameters on the velocity components, temperature, concentration, and axial components of the induced magnetic field, as well as skin friction, are investigated using graphical and tabular forms. This establishes that as the rotation parameter increases, the secondary velocity field is rising, however when the Reynolds magnetic number increases, the opposite pattern is demonstrated.
