Relation among Fluid Flow over a Linear, Nonlinear and Exponentially Stretching/Shrinking Sheets.

Abstract

The following steps in the current thesis establish the idea of the relation among fluid flow over linear, nonlinear and exponential stretching sheets. Following are the steps taken to construct the thesis framework. An extensive body of literature on the relation among fluid flow over linear, nonlinear, and exponential stretching sheets is studied in the first chapter. For linear, non-linear and exponential stretching/shrinking sheets, precise features of fluid flow, boundary layer theory, momentum equation, and heat transfer are explored. In addition to this, the second chapter explores basic fluid terminologies, characteristics and fundamental rules. The third chapter looks at a paper that investigates a linear/nonlinear stretching sheet of governing the fluid flow. One special situation that can be considered is a linear stretching sheet. The governing equation of momentum, continuity and energy are constructed by using tensor analysis. By making use of similarity variables, governing partial differential equations (PDEs) were transformed into dimensionless non-linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and solved numerically. In the next chapter, a numerical investigation of a fluid flow over an exponentially stretching sheet in the presences of thermal radiation is carried out. By using helpful similarity variables, governing PDEs were translated into dimensionless non-linear ODEs and then numerically solved. A comparative analysis of fluid flow for linear, nonlinear and exponentially stretching/shrinking sheet has been carried out in chapter five. Chapter six gives comprehensive detail of the major findings of this dissertation.