MHD flow of power-law fluid on moving surface with power-law velocity and special injection/blowing

doi:10.1007/s10483-014-1887-6

Abstract

Abstract: The problem of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow on a moving surface with the power-law velocity and special injection/blowing is investigated. A scaling group transformation is used to reduce the governing equations to a system of ordinary differential equations. The skin friction coefficients of the MHD boundary layer flow are derived, and the approximate solutions of the flow characteristics are obtained with the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The approximate solutions are easily computed by use of a high order iterative procedure, and the effects of the power-law index, the magnetic parameter, and the special suction/blowing parameter on the dynamics are analyzed. The obtained results are compared with the numerical results published in the literature, verifying the reliability of the approximate solutions.

Key words: magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fluid, power-law velocity, approximate solution, power-law fluid, injection/blowing

2010 MSC Number:

O357
O175

Xue-hui CHEN;Lian-cun ZHENG;Xin-xin ZHANG. MHD flow of power-law fluid on moving surface with power-law velocity and special injection/blowing. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2014, 35(12): 1555-1564.

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