MODELING FLOW DYNAMICS OF CHEMICALLY REACTING MAXWELL FLUIDS OVER POROUS STRETCHING SHEETS
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https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v33i4.335312Keywords:
Maxwell fluid; Stretching sheet; Nanofluid; Chemical reaction; R-K technique; Porous medium;Abstract
This study explores the flow dynamics of chemically reacting Maxwell fluids over porous stretching sheets, focusing on the interplay between fluid rheology, chemical kinetics, and porous media effects. It analyzes the influence of the viscoelastic properties of a fluid on momentum and concentration of boundary layers, considering chemical reactions and the permeability of the stretching sheet. The mathematical model accounts for the non-Newtonian nature of the Maxwell fluid, reaction kinetics, and porous medium resistance. Numerical solutions explore the effects of key parameters on velocity, concentration profiles, heat, and mass transfer rates. The findings offer insights into coupled transport phenomena in engineering processes involving non-Newtonian fluids, chemical reactions, and porous media. Dimensionless problems are numerically solved using the Runge-Kutta approach. The study focuses on important engineering parameters that affect velocity, concentration, and temperature profiles. Quantitative values of engineering factors such as skin-friction, Sherwood number, and Nusselt number coefficients are presented, and the results are analyzed using graphics and tabular representations. For program code validation, a numerical comparison with previously released data is provided.
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