Stoke's First Problem for Carbon Nanotubes Suspended Nanofluid Flow Under the Effect of Slip Boundary Condition

In this article, we discuss the effects of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based nanofluids over a flat plate when it moved suddenly. Velocity slip effects are also considered. Viable similarity transforms are used to reduce the equations governing the flow from partial differential equations to a more simplified set of ordinary differential equations. The resulted system is solved using an efficient numerical scheme called Runge-KuttaFehlberg (RKF) method coupled with a shooting technique. Two types of CNTs are used in the present study. Effects of different emerging parameters on velocity and temperature profiles are presented with help of graphs coupled with comprehensive discussions. Graphical analysis is also presented for the skin friction and Nusselt numbers for all base fluids and CNTs. SWCNT has lower values of skin friction coefficient as compared to MWCNT for all the base fluids. Also, higher heat transfer rate is observed for ethylene glycol based CNT as compared to water and Kerosene based CNT.