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This paper reports the flow and heat transfer augmentation on Reiner–Philippoff nanofluid over stretching sheet. The effect of transverse magnetic field and thermal radiation are explored for temperature distributions. Transformations are used to reduce system of partial differential equations into ordinary ones and are solved numerically by using RKF-45 Method. Expressions for velocity and temperature profile are derived and plotted under the assumption of flow parameter. Influence of various parameters on surface drag force and heat transfer rates have been discussed with the help of tables and plots. It is noticed that the impact of pseudo plastic fluid, Newtonian fluid and dilatant fluid are highly contrasted in higher Ha. Furthermore, production of heat transfer is more in nonlinear radiation when compared to linear radiation.

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Steel structures significantly degrades owing to corrosion especially in coastal and industrial areas where significant amounts of aggressive ions are present. Therefore, anodic metals such as Al and Zn are used to protect steel. In the present study, we provide insights for the corrosion mechanism and kinetics of Al-Zn pseudo alloy coating deposited on mild steel plate via an arc thermal spraying process in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution in terms of its improved corrosion resistance properties at prolonged exposure durations. Electrochemical studies including open circuit potential (OCP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) on the deposited coating at longer exposure durations revealed enhanced corrosion resistance properties while the morphology of corrosion products through field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) indicated their compactness and adherence. Furthermore, atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirmed reduced roughness when compared with that of unexposed coating. Additionally, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy results confirmed the formation of protective, adherent, and sparingly soluble Simonkolleite (Zn 5 (OH) 8 Cl 2 .H 2 O) after 55 d of exposure in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. A schematic is proposed that explains the corrosion process of Al–Zn pseudo alloy coating in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution from the deposition of coating and initiation of corrosion to longer exposure durations.

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The objective of this article is to explore radiative Marangoni boundary layer flow of carbon nanotubes along a surface that is an electromagnetic actuator, such as a Riga surface. A comparative study is conducted to investigate the behavior of Lorentz forces on the basis of nanoparticle temperature fluxes with two different types of carbon nanotubes, namely single-wall carbon nanotube and multi-wall carbon nanotubes saturated into water as the base fluid. The proposed schemes of governing equations are then converted into ordinary differential equations by similarity transformation. One of best analytical methods, the homotopy analytical method, is utilized for the solution of the governing equations and the convergence of the control parameters. Embedded dimensionless parameters of the flow fields are examined via graphical illustrations. It is observed that an increase in the modified Hartmann number increases the velocity field but reduces the temperature distribution.

The present study investigates the combined influence of the nanoparticles and uniform magnetic field applied on the slip blood flow. Blood conveyed through the hollow arterial tube is described as a third-grade non-Newtonian fluid with time dependent viscosity and formulated by the second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Therefore, the regular perturbation method as an approximate analytical method can be applied providing a solution to the coupled system of equations. The results obtained from the solution are used to show the effect of parameters including the magnetic parameter, the viscous dissipation and the pressure gradient on the slip blood flow. Analytical results reveal augmentation of the pressure gradient and the magnetic parameter decrease the velocity value whilst the viscous dissipation augmentation increases the temperature. Also, the comparison between the analytical results with the results obtained from numerical solution shows the good agreement.

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