Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2015) 130: 142
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15142-1

Regular Article

Application of DTM for kerosene-alumina nanofluid flow and heat transfer between two rotating plates

¹ Department of Aerospace Engineering, Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran

^* e-mail: m.Kandelousi.sh@gmail.com

Received: 12 April 2015
Revised: 2 June 2015
Accepted: 15 June 2015
Published online: 23 July 2015

Abstract

In this paper, the differential transformation method (DTM) is applied to solve the governing equations of nanofluid flow and heat transfer between two parallel plates in a rotating system. The working fluid is a kerosene-alumina nanofluid. The influences of viscosity parameter, rotation parameter, nanoparticle volume fraction and Eckert number on the flow and heat transfer characteristics have been investigated. Results indicate that skin friction is a decreasing function of the viscosity and rotation parameters. Also it can be found that the Nusselt number has a direct relationship with the rotation parameter and the nanoparticle volume fraction while it has a reverse relationship with the viscosity parameter and the Eckert number.