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Flow of an Eyring-Powell Fluid with Convective Boundary Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2012

T. Hayat
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, 45320 Islamabad 44000, Pakistan Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Z. Iqbal*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, 45320 Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
M. Qasim
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
A. Alsaedi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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*Corresponding author (zahidiqbal_qau@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

The boundary layer flow of an Eyring-Powell fluid over a stretching surface subject to the convective boundary condition is investigated. Nonlinear problem is computed and a comparative study is presented with the existing results in viscous fluid. The constructed differential systems have been solved for homotopic solutions. Convergence of series solutions has been discussed. Special emphasis has been given to the effects of material parameters of fluid (ε), (δ), Biot number (γ) and Prandtl number (Pr) on the velocity and temperature profiles. Tabulated values of Nusselt number and skin friction for different emerging parameters are also illustrated. It is noted that the boundary layer thickness is an increasing function of (ε) and decreasing function of (δ). However the temperature and thermal boundary layer thickness decrease when the values of (ε) and (δ) are increased.

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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2013

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