Numerical investigation of magnetic field effect on mixed convection heat transfer of nanofluid in a channel with sinusoidal walls

In this study, mixed convection heat transfer of nano-fluid flow in vertical channel with sinusoidal walls under magnetic field effect is investigated numerically. The heat transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics have been examined. This study has performed for 500≤Re≤1000, 5×104≤Gr≤1×106 , three amplitude sine wave (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3) and three values of Hartman numbers (0, 5 and 10). Water was utilized as the base fluid and Al2O3 is the considered nano-particle. Flow is assumed two dimensional, laminar, steady and incompressible. As well the thermo-physical properties of nano-fluid are considered constant. The Boussinesq approximation used for calculated the density variations. The average Nusslet number increases by increasing the Grashof number for nano-fluids with different volume fraction. The average Nusselt and Poiseuille number increase as Reynolds number increases. Also, the average Nusselt number and Poiseuille number increases by increasing the Hartman number.