Stagnation-point flow of Maxwell fluid with magnetic field and radiation effects

✍ Scribed by T. Hayat; Ansa Rafique; M.Y. Malik; S. Obaidat

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 293 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1099-2871
• DOI: 10.1002/htj.20385

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The effect of heat transfer on the steady two‐dimensional stagnation point flow of a Maxwell fluid over a stretching sheet is discussed. The fluid is electrically conducting in the presence of a uniform applied magnetic field. The radiation effect in the energy equation is taken into account. The arising nonlinear problem is solved by a homotopy analysis method (HAM). Convergence of the series solutions is checked. The values of skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt number have been computed and discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/htj). DOI 10.1002/htj.20385