Exploration of bioconvection flow of MHD thixotropic nanofluid past a vertical surface coexisting with both nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms

Abstract This communication presents analysis of gravity-driven flow of a thixotropic fluid containing both nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms along a vertical surface. To further describe the transport phenomenon, special cases of active and passive controls of nanoparticles are investigat...

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Autores principales: Olubode Kolade Koriko, Nehad Ali Shah, S. Saleem, Jae Dong Chung, Adeola John Omowaye, Tosin Oreyeni
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/89c430ff433149fba93882e69b78e9ac
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Sumario:Abstract This communication presents analysis of gravity-driven flow of a thixotropic fluid containing both nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms along a vertical surface. To further describe the transport phenomenon, special cases of active and passive controls of nanoparticles are investigated. The governing partial differential equations of momentum, energy, nanoparticles concentration, and density of gyrotactic microorganisms equations are converted and parameterized into system of ordinary differential equations and the series solutions are obtained through Optimal Homotopy Analysis Method (OHAM). The related important parameters are tested and shown on the velocity, temperature, concentration and density of motile microorganisms profiles. It is observed that for both cases of active and passive control of nanoparticles, incremental values of thermophoretic parameters corresponds to decrease in the velocity distributions and augment the temperature distributions.