Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), 126 Pracha-Uthit Road, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand
  • 2 Department of Mathematics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, 54770, Pakistan. noorsaeedkhankhattak@gmail.com
  • 3 Department of Mathematics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, 54770, Pakistan
  • 4 Department of Basic Sciences and Islamiyat, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 25000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 5 KMUTTFixed Point Research Laboratory, Room SCL 802 Fixed Point Laboratory, Science Laboratory Building, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), 126 Pracha-Uthit Road, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand. poom.kum@kmutt.ac.th
  • 6 Department of Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Education, Renewable Energy Research Centre, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518 Pracharat 1 Road, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand
  • 7 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University, Mansehra, 21120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 8 Research Center in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
  • 9 Faculty of Engineering, Lincoln University College (LUC), 1440, Lincoln, Malaysia
Sci Rep, 2021 Jun 02;11(1):11641.
PMID: 34078976 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91041-5

Abstract

The behavior of an Oldroyd-B nanoliquid film sprayed on a stretching cylinder is investigated. The system also contains gyrotactic microorganisms with heat and mass transfer flow. Similarity transformations are used to make the governing equations non-dimensional ordinary differential equations and subsequently are solved through an efficient and powerful analytic technique namely homotopy analysis method (HAM). The roles of all dimensionless profiles and spray rate have been investigated. Velocity decreases with the magnetic field strength and Oldroyd-B nanofluid parameter. Temperature is increased with increasing the Brownian motion parameter while it is decreased with the increasing values of Prandtl and Reynolds numbers. Nanoparticle's concentration is enhanced with the higher values of Reynolds number and activation energy parameter. Gyrotactic microorganism density increases with bioconvection Rayleigh number while it decreases with Peclet number. The film size naturally increases with the spray rate in a nonlinear way. A close agreement is achieved by comparing the present results with the published results.

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