Convective Heat Transfer Analysis of Non-Newtonian Fluid due to a Linear Stretching Sheet

Abstract

In this Present paper a two dimensional boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a non-Newtonian fluid due to stretching sheet with convective boundary condition is considered. The flow of non-Newtonian Casson fluid and the heat transfer equations are nonlinear partial differential equations with variable coefficients, these PDE’s are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformations. These BVP’s are converted into IVP’s and are solved numerically using Runge-Kutta Fehlberg method with shooting technique. The effects of various governing parameters on flow, heat transfer are plotted and discussed the obtained results.

Keywords: Convective Heat transfer, Non-Newtonian fluid, BVP, IVP, Numerical Solution