Unsteady MHD Natural Convection Flow of Nanofluid in a Cavity Containing Adiabatic Obstacle with Heat Corners

Authors

  • A.M. Rashad Aswan University, Aswan, 81528, Egypt
  • M.A. Mansour Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
  • Rama Subba Reddy Gorla Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA
  • Sadia Siddiqa COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Kamra Road, 43600, Attock, Pakistan
  • T. Salah Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Aswan Branch, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15377/2409-5826.2019.06.5

Keywords:

Magnetic field, Nanofluid, Natural convection, Cavity, Adiabatic block.

Abstract

 Unsteady natural convection heat transfer of nanofluid within cavities with local heaters occurs in several engineering applications. Therefore, investigation of nanofluid flow and heat transfer processes in such systems has a considerable value for evolution of industry. In the current investigation, unsteady MHD natural convection flow of Cu-water nanofluid and heat transfer behavior in square cavity containing a centered adiabatic square block. The mathematical formulation part for present problem is presented in succeeding section. It has been found the size of the adiabatic obstacle influences the behavior of the nanofluid and conduction becomes dominant when size aspect ratio increases to 0.5. It is also noticed that angle of the applied magnetic field can maximize(minimum)the rate of heat transfer if applied in the stream-wise (normal) direction. The novelty of the present work is to consider cavity containing a centered adiabatic square block as well as unsteady effects in the natural convection of nanofluids.

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Author Biographies

  • A.M. Rashad, Aswan University, Aswan, 81528, Egypt
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • M.A. Mansour, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • T. Salah, Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Aswan Branch, Egypt
    Basic and Applied Sciences Department, College of Engineering and Technology

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Unsteady MHD Natural Convection Flow of Nanofluid in a Cavity Containing Adiabatic Obstacle with Heat Corners. J. Adv. Therm. Sci. Res. [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 14 [cited 2026 Feb. 14];6(1):43-50. Available from: https://www.avantipublishers.com/index.php/jatsr/article/view/879

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