Partial slip effect in flow of magnetite-Fe3O4 nanoparticles between rotating stretchable disks

•Flow and heat transfer of ferrofluid induced by two stretchable rotating disks with velocity and thermal slips are explored.•Fluid temperature increases for larger solid volume fraction of nanofluid.•Heat transfer rate decreases for increasing values of thermal slip parameter.

This paper addresses the flow of magnetic nanofluid (ferrofluid) between two parallel rotating stretchable disks with different rotating and stretching velocities. Water based fluid comprising magnetite-Fe3O4 nanoparticles is addressed. Velocity slip and temperature jump at solid–fluid interface are also taken into account. Appropriate transformations reduce the nonlinear partial differential system to ordinary differential system. Convergent series solutions are obtained. Effects of various pertinent parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles are shown and evaluated. Computations for skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number are presented and examined for the influence of involved parameters. It is noted that tangential velocity of fluid decreases for larger velocity slip parameter. Fluid temperature also reduces for increasing value of thermal slip parameter. Surface drag force and heat transfer rate at lower disk are enhanced when magnetic field strength is increased.