Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis of Casson Fluid due to A Stretching Sheet: An Analytical Solution

Abstract

In this paper, an analysis is carried out to study the flow and heat transfer characteristics of Casson fluid due to stretching sheet. The governing partial differential equations of boundary layer are converted into ordinary differential equations by means of suitable similarity transformations.  The results are obtained by solving the momentum and energy equations of Casson fluid analytically for two heating conditions (PST and PHF). The results are analyzed by plotted graphs and numerical tables of the wall temperature and wall temperature gradient.

Keywords: Casson fluid; Fluid flow; Heat Transfer; Prescribed surface temperature, Prescribed wall heat flux; Wall temperature, Wall temperature gradient