Performance analysis of the radiative Reiner–Philippoff hybrid nanofluid flow over a stretching\(/\)shrinking sheet under the effect of suction

Abstract

The primary aim of the present paper is to analyse the Reiner–Philippoff hybrid nanofluid (HNF) flow over a stretching\(/\)shrinking sheet under the influence of thermal radiation and suction. A set of partial differential equations is used to describe the model, which is then reduced to non-dimensional ordinary differential equations through similarity transformations and solved computationally with the help of the bvp4c function. A graphical investigation examines the effects of various parameters, including the magnetic parameter, suction, Philippoff fluid parameter, Eckert number, radiation parameter, porosity parameter and Bingham number on velocity, temperature, skin friction and the local Nusselt number. The results show that as the Bingham number, Philippoff fluid parameter and stretching\(/\)shrinking parameter increase, the velocity profiles exhibit an upward trend. In addition, increasing the magnetic, porosity and suction parameters leads to higher absolute values of the skin friction coefficient. It is also noted that the rate of heat transfer increases up to 14.11% with an increase in the radiation parameter. The novel findings of this study provide a deeper understanding of HNF behaviour, which can facilitate the optimisation of heat transfer systems in industrial and engineering applications.