Analytical investigation of magnetohydrodynamic flow over a nonlinear porous stretching sheet

Mabood, Fazle; Pochai, Nopparat

doi:10.1155/2016/7821405

Analytical investigation of magnetohydrodynamic flow over a nonlinear porous stretching sheet

Author(s)

Mabood, Fazle

Pochai, Nopparat

Date Issued

January 1, 2016

Type

Article

DOI

10.1155/2016/7821405

Abstract

We investigated the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow over a nonlinear porous stretching sheet with the help of semianalytical method known as optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM). The effects of different parameters on fluid flow are investigated and discussed. The obtained results are compared with numerical Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth-order method. It is found that the OHAM solution agrees well with numerical as well as published data for different assigned values of parameters; this thus indicates the feasibility of the proposed method (OHAM).

Citation

Advances in Mathematical Physics, 2016, 2016