Flow and heat transfer analysis of Eyring-Powell fluid over stratified sheet with mixed convection (Q2661064)

The paper presents the study of heat transfer under the influence of a mixed convective flow of a Eyring-Powell fluid over a stratified stretching sheet. The impact of heat generation/absorption is also discussed. The fluid is considered to be a viscous, incompressible, two-dimensional, and laminar. A transformation, based on similarity variables, is used for the alteration of the modeled governing partial differential equations (PDEs) into ordinary differential equations (ODEs). A shooting approach is introduced to establish the mathematical solution of the governing equations. A Runge-Kutta method of order four is used for the integration purpose, and Newton's method helps to refine the initial guesses. All the programming is done on MATLAB. The effects of emerging parameters on the temperature and velocity profiles are discussed through graphs. The related physical properties of flow, i.e., the skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number are described graphically for various parameters. It is noted that increment in thermal stratification parameter yields fall in both the velocity and temperature of fluid, and a reverse relation is observed for the heat generation parameter. The authors should have compared their results with the ones from the open literature for some particular values of the governing parameters before they are accepted for publication.