In this research a new analytical approach is used to solve nonlinear
boundary value problems (BVPs) of higher order occurring in nonlinear
phenomena. It converts a complex nonlinear problem into zeroth order and
first order problem. It consists of initial guess, auxiliary functions
(containing unknown convergence controlling parameters) and a homotopy. The
unknown parameters are determined by minimizing the residual. Many methods
which are explained in this paper are used to determine these parameters.
Here Galerkin?s method is used for this purpose. It is applied to solve
non-linear BVPs of fourth and fifth order. The results are compared with the
already existing methods e.g., Galerkin?s Method with Quintic B-splines,
Differential Transform Method (DTM), and Optimal Homotopy AsymptoticMethod
(OHAM). It gives efficient and accurate first-order approximate solution. The
results achieved by this technique are in excellent concurrence with the
exact solution and hence proved that this method is effective and easy to
apply.