TOWARDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MELTING HEAT TRANSFER IN A Cu–WATER NANOFLUID FLOW

The infl uence of the melting heat on the hydromagnetic convective Cu–H₂O nanofl uid fl ow over a stretching plate was investigated. The eff ects of viscous dissipation and Joule heating, involved in the energy equation, were considered. The primary equations were reduced to the ordinary diff erential equations with the use of suitable similarity transforms. The reduced equations were solved using the shooting technique by the fourth-order Runge– Kutta scheme. A detailed investigation is exemplifi ed by diagrams and tables for various values of opposite factors. The results of calculations were compared with the corresponding literature data obtained for specifi c situations.
   
Author:  K. Das
Keywords:  computational mathematics, nanofl uid, melting heat transfer, magnetic field.
Page:  1207