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The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow of Casson fluid in the presence of nanoparticles is investigated. Convective conditions of temperature and nanoparticle concentration are employed in the formulation. The flow is generated due to exponentially stretching surface. The governing boundary layer equations are reduced into the ordinary differential equations. Series solutions are presented to analyze the velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration fields. Temperature and nanoparticle concentration fields decrease when the values of Casson parameter enhance. It is found that the Biot numbers arising due to thermal and concentration convective conditions yield an enhancement in the temperature and concentration fields. Further, we observed that both the thermal and nanoparticle concentration boundary layer thicknesses are higher for the larger values of thermophoresis parameter. The effects of Brownian motion parameter on the temperature and nanoparticle concentration are reverse.
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Hussain, T., Shehzad, S.A., Alsaedi, A. et al. Flow of Casson nanofluid with viscous dissipation and convective conditions: A mathematical model. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 1132–1140 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2625-4
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