Abstract:

This article studies the Soret and Dufour effects on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of the Casson fluid over a stretched surface. The relevant equations are first derived, and the series solution is constructed by the homotopic procedure. The results for velocities, temperature, and concentration fields are displayed and discussed. Numerical values of the skin friction coefficient, the Nusselt number, and the Sherwood number for different values of physical parameters are constructed and analyzed. The convergence of the series solutions is examined.

Key words: heat and mass transfer, multiple parameter variables, multiple state variables, discretized, conservative, nonlinear stability, activation method, asymptotic analyses, Soret and Dufour effects, Casson fluid, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow