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The current work communicates the entropy generation analysis of oscillating flow of magnetohydrodynamic couple stress nanofluid in a vertical channel. The main objective of present study is to examine the entropy analysis of a magnetohydrodynamic couple stress nanofluid. In this study, water and ethylene glycol (50:50) and diamond are used as the base fluid and nanoparticles, respectively. The effects of radiative heat, Ohmic, and viscous dissipation are all considered. By employing the perturbation process, the governing partial differential equations are transformed into the set of ordinary differential equations, which are then deciphered by implementing the Runge-Kutta fourth-order scheme with shooting technique. The obtained outcomes reveal that, amplifying viscous dissipation promising the temperature whereas the reverse is true for the influence of couple stress viscosity and Hartmann number. Heat transfer rate is decelerating with the boost up in Hartmann number at the walls while it is accelerating with the increment in viscous dissipation at the right wall. Entropy is escalating for intensifying viscous dissipation, and thermal radiation whereas the reverse is true for the impression of couple stress viscosity, and volume fraction of nanoparticles. Bejan number is falling for escalating volume fraction of nanoparticles, and viscous dissipation while it is enhancing with escalation in couple stress parameter.

Keywords

Bejan Number, Couple Stress Nanofluid, Entropy Generation, Joule Heating, Oscillating Flow, Thermal Radiation.
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