Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2016) 131: 193
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16193-4

Regular Article

Inspiration of slip effects on electromagnetohydrodynamics (EMHD) nanofluid flow through a horizontal Riga plate

¹ Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
² Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, 200072, Shanghai, China

^* e-mail: muhammad09@shu.edu.cn

Received: 26 April 2016
Accepted: 13 May 2016
Published online: 10 June 2016

Abstract

The boundary layer flow of nanofluid that is electrically conducting over a Riga plate is considered. The Riga plate is an electromagnetic actuator which comprises a spanwise adjusted cluster of substituting terminal and lasting magnets mounted on a plane surface. The numerical model fuses the Brownian motion and the thermophoresis impacts because of the nanofluid and the Grinberg term for the wall parallel Lorentz force due to the Riga plate in the presence of slip effects. The numerical solution of the problem is presented using the shooting method. The novelties of all the physical parameters such as modified Hartmann number, Richardson number, nanoparticle concentration flux parameter, Prandtl number, Lewis number, thermophoresis parameter, Brownian motion parameter and slip parameter are demonstrated graphically. Numerical values of reduced Nusselt number, Sherwood number are discussed in detail.