scholarly journals Application of homotopy perturbation method for MHD boundary layer flow of an upper-convected Maxwell fluid in a porous medium

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuj Kumar Jhankal
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Perturbation Method ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Homotopy Perturbation Method ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Homotopy Perturbation ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer Flow

<p>The magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting upper-convected Maxwell (UCM) fluid in porous medium is studied. The governing similarity equation is solved by He’s Homotopy perturbation method (HPM). The main advantage of HPM is that it does not require the small parameters in the equations and hence the limitations of traditional perturbation can be eliminated. The results reveal that the proposed method is very effective and simple and can be applied to other nonlinear problems. The effects of various physical parameters on the flow presented and discussed through graphs.</p><p>Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 18(2015) 12-17</p>

scholarly journals Dufour and radiation effect on MHD boundary layer flow past a wedge through porous medium with heat source and chemical reaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5094-5107
Author(s):  
Hadibandhu Pattnayak ◽  
Rojali Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer Flow

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) boundary layer flow past a wedge with the influence of thermal radiation, heat generation and chemical reaction has been analyzed in the present study. This model used for the momentum, temperature and concentration fields. The principal governing equations is based on the velocity  in a nanofluid and with a parallel free stream velocity and surface temperature and concentration. The governing nonlinear boundary layer equations for momentum, thermal energy and concentration are transformed to a system of nonlinear ordinary coupled differential equations by using suitable similarity transformation with fitting boundary conditions. The transmuted model is shown to be controlled by a number of thermo-physical parameters, viz. the magnetic parameter, buoyancy parameter, radiation conduction parameter, heat generation parameter, Porosity parameter, Dufour number, Prandtl number, Lewis number, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter, chemical reaction parameter and pressure gradient parameter. Numerical elucidations are obtained with the legendary Nactsheim-Swigert shooting technique together with RungeKutta six order iteration schemes.

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