Numerical study of MHD flow and heat transfer of Sutterby nano fluid over a stretching surface with activation energy and Nield’s condition

Abstract

The present study examines the numerical study regarding MHD Sutterby nano fluid flow over a stretching surface in the existence of activation energy. This investigation has been performed by using convective Nield boundary conditions. Effects of variable thermal conductivity, activation energy; nonlinear thermal radiation are considered. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) with convective boundary conditions are converted into the nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with the help of similarity transformation, and then the resulting nonlinear ODEs are solved with MATLAB built inbvp4c solver. The computed results of velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are displayed by means of graphs. Skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are computed and analyzed.