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Hloniphile Sithole Mthethwa

Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Pietermaritzburg General field of specialization: Mathematical sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2020 Doctorate Mathematical sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Mathematical sciences

Mathematical modelling Fluid dynamics Numerical Analysis Mathematical Biology


Publications resulting from Research: 


Entropy generation in a second grade magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow over a convectively heated stretching sheet with nonlinear thermal radiation and viscous dissipation
H Sithole, H Mondal, P Sibanda
Results in Physics 9, 1077-1085


Numerical simulation of couple stress nanofluid flow in magneto-porous medium with thermal radiation and a chemical reaction
H Sithole, H Mondal, S Goqo, P Sibanda, S Motsa
Applied Mathematics and Computation 339, 820-836

An unsteady MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow with convective boundary conditions using spectral local linearization method
HM Sithole, S Mondal, P Sibanda, SS Motsa
Open Physics 15 (1), 637-646

Bivariate Spectral Local Linearisation Method (BSLLM) for unsteady MHD Micropolar-nanofluids with Homogeneous–Heterogeneous chemical reactions over a stretching surface
H Sithole, H Mondal, VM Magagula, P Sibanda, S Motsa
International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics 5 (1), 1-14

Ali, Samah A., Munyaradzi Rudziva, Precious Sibanda, Osman AI Noreldin, Sicelo P. Goqo, and Hloniphile Sithole Mthethwa. "A numerical study of double-diffusive convection in the anisotropic porous layer under rotational modulation with internal heat generation." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 137 (2022): 106266.

Oyelakin, I. S., H. Sithole Mthethwa, Peri K. Kameswaran, S. Shaw, and P. Sibanda. "Entropy generation optimisation for unsteady stagnation Casson nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet with binary chemical reaction and Arrhenius activation energy using the bivariate spectral quasi-linearisation method." International Journal of Ambient Energy (2022): 1-13.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching

Workshop and Conference Attended

2019 University of Cape Town 62nd South African Mathematical Society Annual Congress,
2017 North-West University 60th South African Mathematical Society Annual Congress,
2016 University of the Western Cape 59 South African Mathematical Society Annual Congress,
2022 Cathedral Peak, Drakensburg Mathematics Conference and Workshop for Emerging Researchers
2022 University of KwaZulu Natal 14th annual workshop and conference on computational mathematics and modelling (WOCCOM2022)

Presentation given

2022
Bivariate Spectral Local Linearisation Method (BSLLM) for unsteady MHD Micropolar-nanofluids with Homogeneous–Heterogeneous chemical reactions over a stretching surface
Cathedral Peak, Drakensburg
Event: 14th annual workshop and conference on computational mathematics and modelling (WOCCOM2022)
2019
Entropy generation optimisation for unsteady stagnation Casson nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet with binary chemical reaction and Arrhenius activation energy using the bivariate spectral quasi-linearisation method
University of Cape Town
Event: 62nd South African Mathematical Society Annual Congress,
2019
Entropy generation in a second grade magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow over a convectively heated stretching sheet with nonlinear thermal radiation and viscous dissipation
Sani Passi,Drakensburg
Event: International Symmetries Conference
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Sep 2020
Wonder Women in Science
University of KwaZulu Natal’s College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science Wonder Women In Science award is given to passionate, pioneering and persistent heroines who are making waves in fields of science and stand as shining examples for all.

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