Thermal analysis of nanofluidic flow through multi-walled carbon nanotubes subjected to perfectly and imperfectly bonded wall conditions

This research work scrutinizes thermal analysis of nanofluidic flow through MWCNTs subjected to perfectly and imperfectly bond wall conditions. Employing continuity of flow, Navier stokes equation (NS), energy equation for fluid and energy equation for MWCNTs, the thermal-fluidic models in partial differential forms are developed. Thereafter, the established unique models are converted into ordinary differential equations via appropriate similarity transform and solved analytically using the classical differential transform method. With the obtained solutions, thermal-fluidic profile visualizations as well as parametric studies were executed. The range of parameters considered are from 0 to 0.05 for Bi number and 0.0 to 8.0 for the magnetic field term. The results point out that an augmentation in Bi generally reduces thermal profile under slip and non-slip conditions. The solutions as enumerated in this work match with existing results from literatures, hence the verification and validation of this study. It is foreseen that the results obtained will provide better physical insights into the thermal analysis of internal flow through nanotubes and will enhance the designs of nanomechanical carbon nanotubes-based devices that convey fluid under different wall conditions.