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The current work examines the heat and mass transfer phenomenon for time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of Williamson nanofluid in the presence of a motile gyrotactic microorganism. The energy equation is remodeled by interpolating radiation effects. The flow is actuated by a wedge which is assumed to be porous. The physical formulation for both static and moving are taken into account. Various physical and geometrical conditions have been included to yield more effective results. The original flow equations are converted into ordinary differential equations by using similarity functions. The numerical solution for these transmuted equations has been established by using the shooting technique. Various aspects of involved physical quantities like velocity, temperature, nanoparticle concentration, motile microorganism density, wall shear stress, effective local Nusselt number, and motile organism density number are discussed and sketched in view of different emerging parameters. The bioconvection induced by the microorganisms stabilized the nanoparticles, which resulted in efficient thermal distribution. A convincible accuracy of achieved results has been reported when compared with existing literature. The present theoretical computation may be beneficial in manufacturing processes, the enhancement of transport of energy, and heat resources.

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In the present work we consider a numerical solution for laminar, incompressible, and steady oblique stagnation point flow of Cu − water nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking sheet with mass suction S . We make use of the Cattaneo–Christov heat flux model to develop the equation of energy and investigate the qualities of surface heat transfer. The governing flow and energy equations are modified into the ordinary differential equations by similarity method for reasonable change. The subsequent ordinary differential equations are illuminated numerically through the function bvp4c in MATLAB. The impact of different flow parameters for example thermal relaxation parameter, suction parameter, stretching/shrinking parameter, free stream parameter, and nanoparticles volume fraction on the skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, and streamlines are contemplated and exposed through graphs. It turns out that the lower branch solution for the skin friction coefficient becomes singular in shrinking area, although the upper branch solution is smooth in both stretching and shrinking domain. For oblique stagnation-point flow the streamlines pattern are not symmetric, and reversed phenomenon are detected close to the shrinking surface. Also, we observed that the free stream parameter changes the direction of the oncoming flow and controls the obliqueness of the flow. The existing work mostly includes heat and mass transfer as a mechanism for improving the heat transfer rate, which is the main objective of the authors.

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In order to meet the current challenges in the fabrication of nanobiomaterials and enhancement of thermal extrusion systems, current theoretical continuation is targeted at the rheology of couple stress nanofluid by exploiting activation energy, porous media, thermal radiation, gyrotactic micro-organisms, and convective Nield boundary conditions. The heat and mass performances of nanofluid are captured with an evaluation of the famous Buongiorno model, which enables us to determine the attractive features of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion. The couple stress fluid is beneficial to examine multiple kinds of physical problems because this fluid model has the capability to describe the rheology of various complex fluids, e. g., fluids having long-chain molecules as a polymeric suspension, liquid crystals, lubricants, and human and animal blood. Simultaneous behavior of the magnetic field and porosity are studied with thermal radiation effects. The distribution of velocity has been conducted by using second-order velocity slip (Wu’s slip) and activation energy features. For the dimensionless purpose, the similarity variable has been initiated, and the modeled equations are renovated sufficiently. A famous shooting method is used to determine the numerical solutions, and accurate results have been obtained. A variety of critical flow parameters is graphically illustrated with physical significance.

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Curved veins and arteries make up the human cardiovascular system, and the peristalsis process underlies the blood flowing in these ducts. The blood flow in the presence of hybrid nanoparticles through a tapered complex wavy curved channel is numerically investigated. The behavior of the blood is characterized by the Casson fluid model while the physical properties of iron and copper are used in the analysis. The fundamental laws of mass, momentum and energy give rise the system of nonlinear coupled partial differential equations which are normalized using the variables, and the resulting set of governing relations are simplified in view of a smaller Reynolds model approach. The numerical simulations are performed using the computational software Mathematica’s built-in ND scheme. It is noted that the velocity of the blood is abated by the nanoparticles’ concentration and assisted in the non-uniform channel core. Furthermore, the nanoparticles’ volume fraction and the dimensionless curvature of the channel reduce the temperature profile.