Flow of a Williamson Fluid over a Stretching Sheet Containing Nanoparticles

Abstract

In this article, an attempt has been made to study the behavior of non-Newtonian viscoelastic model of a Williamson fluid flow problem containing nanoparticles and is assumed to be flowing over a stretching sheet stretched along its surface in both directions with the same constant surface stretching velocity. The boundary layer governing equations of the conservation of mass, conservation of linear momentum and the energy are first modeled into a set of nonlinear coupled partial differential equations along with the appropriate boundary conditions. A numerical study of impact of nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet is tabulated. The basic equations of Williamson fluid are modeled with the help of Navier-Stokes equations for momentum and heat transfer. With the assistance of appropriate similarity transformations these pair of PEDs is transformed into up-to-date system of coupled nonlinear ODEs. These transformed systems of equations are evaluated numerically with the assistance of shooting method using forth order. The dominant physical properties for system of equations of the model that is wall shear stress, and the coefficient of skin friction are acquired. The behavior of nondimensional velocity and thermal flow profiles are discussed for the important involved dimensionless parameters like the Williamson fluid parameter and the nanoparticles volume fraction through tables and graphs.