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. 2022 Aug 9;12(16):2736. doi: 10.3390/nano12162736
T Temperature
Pr Prandtl number
C Solutal concentration
M Hartmann number
Ω Nanoparticle volume fraction
Nb Brownian motion parameter
Re Reynolds number
Grt Thermal Grashof number
GrF Nanoparticle Grashof number
Le Lewis number
Nt Thermophoresis parameter
Ln Nanofluid Lewis number
(ρc)f Heat capacity of fluid
(ρc)p Heat capacity of nanoparticle
NCT Soret parameter
DTC Dufour diffusively
DB Brownian diffusion coefficient
DT Thermophoretic diffusion coefficient
Ds Solutal diffusively
NTC Dufour parameter
Grc Solutal Grashof number
DCT Soret diffusively
Small alphabets
u Axial velocity
v Transverse velocity
k Thermal conductivity
t Time
a¯1, a¯3 Channel width
p Pressure
g Acceleration due to gravity
b Wave amplitude
a¯2, a¯4 Wave amplitudes
c Propagation of velocity
Greek symbols
ρf Fluid density
ρf0 Fluid density at T0
ρp Nanoparticle mass density
(ρc)p Nanoparticle heat capacity
βT Volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion
βC Volumetric coefficient of solutal expansion
δ Wave number
Θ Temperature
Γ1 Velocity slip parameter
Γ2 Temperature slip parameter
Γ3 Concentration slip parameter
Γ4 Nanoparticles slip parameter
δ Wavelength
Ψ Stream function
γ Solutal concentration
ω Magnetic field inclination angle