MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECT ON MIXED CONVECTION FLOW IN A NANOFLUID UNDER CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION

An analysis is carried out to investigate the influence of the prominent magnetic effect on mixed convection heat and mass transfer in the boundary layer region of a semi-infinite vertical flat plate in a nanofluid under the convective boundary conditions. The transformed boundary layer, ordinary differential equations are solved numerically using Runge-Kutta Fourth order method. A wide range of parameter values is chosen to bring out the effect of Magnetic field parameter on the mixed convection process with the convective boundary condition. The effect of mixed convection, Magnetic field and Biot parameters on the flow, heat and mass transfer coefficients is analyzed. The numerical results obtained for the velocity, temperature and volume fraction profiles are presented graphically and discussed