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Impact of Dual Solutions on Nanofluid Containing Motile Gyrotactic Micro-organisms with Thermal Radiation

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In the present model, the author offered a numerical treatment on dual solution of water-based nanofluid together with motile gyrotactic micro-organisms accompanied by tiny nanoparticles with radiation effects flowing on non-linearly shrinking/stretching sheet. Set of governing equations converted to non-linear coupled ordinary differential equations by similarity transformations and solved numerically using fifth-order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method by shooting algorithm. Impact of physical parameters on velocity, temperature, concentration, and density of motile micro-organisms distribution was reported graphically and explained in details. The present results explore the enhancing effect of bioconvection Lewis number, bioconvection Peclet number, and micro-organisms concentration difference parameter resulting in a decline of dual density of motile micro-organisms profile, whereas temperature profile enhanced with a boost in thermal radiation parameter. Finally, the present investigation was compared among offered consequences in literature.

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De, P. Impact of Dual Solutions on Nanofluid Containing Motile Gyrotactic Micro-organisms with Thermal Radiation. BioNanoSci. 9, 13–20 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-018-0584-6

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