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MHD flow of an oldroyd-B fluid through a porous channel

  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan

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Abstract

This paper discusses the hydromagnetic boundary layer flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid in a porous channel. Both suction and injection (blowing) cases are considered. Appropriate similarity transformations are invoked to convert the partial differential equations into ordinary ones. Homotopy analysis method (HAM) is used for the presentation of analytic solution of the nonlinear differential system. Graphical results provide the salient features of the embedded flow parameters which include the Reynolds number, the Deborah numbers, and the Hartman number. Comparison between the existing numerical solution in a Maxwell fluid and present deduced series solution in a limiting sense is excellent.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberA8
JournalInternational Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Boundary layer flow
  • Oldroyd-B fluid
  • Porous channel

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