TY - JOUR
TI - The new analytical study for boundary-layer slip flow and heat transfer of nanofluid over a stretching sheet
AU - Mabood Fazle
AU - Khan Waqar Ahamed
AU - Rashidi Mohammad Mehdi
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2017
VL - 21
IS - 1
SP - 289
EP - 301
PT - Article
AB - In this article, the semi-analytical/numerical technique known as the  homotopy analysis method (HAM) is employed to derive solutions for partial  slip effects on the heat transfer of nanofluids over a stretching sheet. An  accurate analytical solution is presented which depends on the Prandtl  number, slip factor, Lewis number, Brownian motion number, and thermophoresis  number. The variation of the reduced Nusselt and reduced Sherwood numbers  with Brownian motion number, and thermophoresis number for various values  Prandtl number, slip factor, Lewis number is presented in tabular and  graphical forms. The results of the present article show the flow velocity  and the surface shear stress on the stretching sheet and also reduced Nusselt  number and reduced Sherwood number are strongly influenced by the slip  parameter. It is found that hydrodynamic boundary layer decreases and thermal  boundary layer increases with slip parameter. Comparison of the present  analysis is made with the previously existing literature and an appreciable  agreement in the values is observed for the limiting case.