Analysis of boundary layer flow of a Jeffrey fluid over a stretching or shrinking sheet immersed in a porous medium

Abstract

Heat transfer optimization is critical in many applications, such as heat exchangers, electric coolers, solar collectors, and nuclear reactors. The current work looks at the thermohydraulic behavior of Jeffery fluid flow along a plane containing a magnetic field, a non-uniform heat source/sink, and a porous media. Numerical solutions are derived using the Runge-Kutta 4th-order approach and the shooting method. Graphs show how Prandtl number (Pr), thermal stratification (e₁), Jeffery parameter (λ₁), porous parameter (λ₂), magnetic field (M), and heat generation/absorption (γ, a, b) affect velocity and temperature profiles. The results show that thermal stratification increases fluid velocity and temperature, whereas heat source/sink parameters have the reverse effect on heat transfer, and raising the Jeffrey parameter reduces velocity and increases boundary layer thickness. There is extremely high agreement with experimental data from the literature. This work illustrates the utility of hydromagnetic properties in modelling fluid flow over stretching/shrinking sheets in porous media.