Magnetic williamson hybrid nanofluid flow around an inclined stretching cylinder with joule heating in a porous medium

Abstract

The study of an inclined stretching cylinder in a porous medium holds significant implications for understanding complex fluid dynamics and heat transfer phenomena, mainly when influenced by a hybrid nanofluid containing Cu and Al₂O₃, Joule heating, and a magnetic field in the presence of Williamson fluid. The nonlinear ordinary differential equations are derived by applying pertinent similarity transformations to partial differential equations. Subsequently, these non-dimensional ordinary differential equations are transformed into a system of first-order ODEs and numerically solved using Maplesoft's symbolic computation software MAPLE 2023. The influence of governing parameters on dimensionless velocity, temperature, concentration, skin friction, heat, and mass transfer rates is investigated. This investigation is crucial for various practical applications, including geothermal reservoirs, enhanced oil recovery, and environmental processes involving porous media. It is demonstrated that Biot and Eckert numbers and nanofluid parameters contribute to increased surface temperature, while the Lewis number leads to a decrease in dimensionless concentration. Moreover, the curvature parameter is associated with an increase in dimensionless concentration, and skin friction demonstrates a direct relationship with the magnetic parameter while inversely correlating with the cylinder's curvature.These results contribute to the scientific understanding of these complex interactions and provide valuable insights for engineering applications, such as designing efficient heat exchangers, optimizing cooling systems, and advancing technologies involving fluid flow and magnetic fields.