Int. J. Appl. Comput. Math (2024) 10:82
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-024-01709-5
ORIGINAL PAPER
Effect of Magneto Convection Nanofluid Flow in a Vertical
Channel
K. Shreedevi
1
· G. Yamanappa
1
· C. Siddabasappa
2
· S. Sindhu
3
Accepted: 20 February 2024
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature India Private Limited 2024
Abstract
An analytical study of the effect of the magneto-convective flow of immiscible fluids through
a vertical channel has been investigated in the presence of a chemical reaction. One region
is saturated by electrically conducting incompressible fluid, and the other is saturated by
nanofluid in a vertical channel with constant transport properties. The coupled nonlinear
governing equations are solved by the regular perturbation method, with the Brinkman num-
ber as a perturbation parameter since its value is always less than unity. The results are
discussed in detail using plots to analyze the flow phenomena. The increase in thermal and
mass Grashof numbers enhances the fluid velocity and temperature profile, whereas Hart-
man number, solid volume fraction, and chemical reaction parameters exhibit the opposite
effect. The effect of an increase in the nanoparticle volume fraction opposes the fluid flow
and diminishes the temperature distribution due to the enhanced viscosity of the nanofluid.
Keywords Magnetohydrodynamics · Nanofluid · Chemical reaction parameter · Solid
volume fraction
List of Symbols
E
o
Applied electric field (V/m)
σ
e
Electrical conductivity (S/m)
B K. Shreedevi
kalyanshreedevi@gmail.com
G. Yamanappa
yamanappa067@gmail.com
C. Siddabasappa
apmath91@gmail.com
S. Sindhu
sindhusundars1@gmail.com
1
Department of Mathematics, Sharnbasava University, Kalaburgi, Karnataka 585103, India
2
Department of Sciences and Humanities, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru,
Karnataka 560 074, India
3
Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru Manipal Academy of Higher
Education, Manipal, India
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