Research Article

Implicit Finite Difference Simulation of Hybrid Nanofluid along a Vertical Thin Cylinder with Sinusoidal Wall Heat Flux under the Effects of Magnetic Field

Table 2

Comparison of the present results in terms of the Nusselt number with the results of Heckel et al. [26] for a vertical thin cylinder with wall heat flux while ϕ = 0.0.

ξNux Grx−1/5Nux Grx−1/5
Heckel et al. [26]Present
Pr = 0.1Pr = 0.7Pr = 7.0Pr = 100Pr = 0.1Pr = 0.7Pr = 7.0Pr = 100

00.26340.48340.86991.55600.26370.48130.87111.5712
0.50.34160.56400.95331.63850.35190.54840.99411.6829
1.00.54480.78201.18091.87360.56510.81121.23911.9261
1.50.86911.10131.51352.23520.88971.15311.60132.2902
2.01.32431.50521.98282.69041.33521.61352.00122.7346
2.51.89712.00682.49673.21331.92792.01192.57323.2715
3.02.57892.63213.05923.88312.59242.82423.13213.9417
3.53.36663.39153.69704.60653.41123.45513.75194.6751
4.04.26264.27574.45545.45514.31324.37724.52035.5115
4.55.27565.28285.37856.33895.34215.36835.41336.3891
5.06.42246.42716.47917.35566.56056.59156.64107.4061