A REVISED MODEL TO ANALYZEMHD FLOW OF MAXWELL NANOFLUID PAST A STRETCHING SHEET WITH NONLINEAR THERMAL RADIATION EFFECT

This article reports the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a Maxwell nano fluid over a stretching sheet under the influence of nonlinear thermal radiation. A revised model in which mass flux of nanoparticles is zero on the surface is implemented to attain physically applicable results. For passively controlled mass flux, the nanoparticle volume fraction is defined separately by the temperature gradient, resulting in zero nanoparticle flux at the surface. Additionally, the influence of nonlinear Rosseland radiation is delved. The modeled partial differential equations are transformed to nonlinear ordinary differential equations by utilizing appropriate similarity transformations. The resulting equations are solved numerically using the spectral quasi-linearization method. To visualize the impact of various controlling parameters on velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles, graphs have been plotted. It is observed that growing values of Maxwell parameter lead to attenuation in the velocity profile, but the reverse trend is observed in temperature and concentration profiles.