Numerical Exploration of Cattaneo-Christov Heat Flux and Mass Transfer in Magnetohydrodynamic Flow over Various Geometries

Abstract

The flow geometry plays a major role in heat and mass transfer processes of many engineering and industrial applications.In the present paper, we examined the combined effects of Cattaneo-Christov heat flux, external magnetic field, chemical reaction, heat source and buoyancy forces on the flow of an incompressible electrically conducting fluid with heat and mass transfer over three different geometries (cone, wedge and a plate). The nonlinear governing equations are obtained and tackled numerically using shooting technique with Runge-Kutta-Felhberg integration scheme. Numerical results are presented graphically and discussed quantitatively. It is found that the thermal boundary layer is highly effective on the flow over a wedge when compared with the other two geometries (plate and a cone).