An analysis of a mathematical fractional model of hybrid viscous nanofluids and its application in heat and mass transfer (Q2199769)

One of the well-know problems in hydrodynamics is modelling free convection of viscous fluid in rectangular channel with non-equal temperatures given on its walls. In the present paper, the authors generalize this problem and examine water- and engine-oil based nanofluids containing copper or aluminium particles. As these media have more complicated properties than classical fluids, three governing laws are generalized using Caputo fractional-order derivatives in time: Newton's law for viscous stresses, Fourier's law of heat conduction and Fick's law for diffusion. To solve the resulting equations, the Laplace transform is used. The authors examine dependencies of temperature, concentration and velocity on coordinate, time and orders of Caputo derivatives and illustrate them by numerous plots.