On New Numerical Techniques for the MHD Flow Past a Shrinking Sheet with Heat and Mass Transfer in the Presence of a Chemical Reaction. (1st November 1985)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Makukula, Z. G.; Sibanda, P.; Motsa, S. S.; Shateyi, S.
• Other Names: Gendelman Oleg V. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Mathematical problems in engineering. Volume 2011(2011)
• Publication Date: 1985-11-01
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; 510.2462
• DOI: 10.1155/2011/489217
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-123X

Abstract

Abstract : We use recent innovative solution techniques to investigate the problem of MHD viscous flow due to a shrinking sheet with a chemical reaction. A comparison is made of the convergence rates, ease of use, and expensiveness (the number of iterations required to give convergent results) of three seminumerical techniques in solving systems of nonlinear boundary value problems. The results were validated using a multistep, multimethod approach comprising the use of the shooting method, the Matlab bvp4c numerical routine, and with results in the literature.