Combined Analytical-Numerical Solution for MHD Viscous Flow over a Stretching Sheet. (13th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mabood, Fazle; Khan, Waqar A.
• Other Names: Ammar Amine Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computational engineering. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-03-13
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Mathematical models; Engineering mathematics; Periodicals; 620.00285
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/634328
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-7260

Abstract

Abstract : We studied the two-dimensional flow of viscous and electrically conducting fluid over a stretching sheet under the influence of constant magnetic field. Approximate analytical solution of governing nonlinear boundary layer equation via optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM) is obtained. For numerical comparison we used Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method. The effect of different parameters on fluid flow is analyzed. It is found that the OHAM solution is very close to the numerical solution for different assigned values of parameters; this thus indicates the feasibility of the proposed method (OHAM).