Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Teknologi MARA
MATEMATIKA, 2018;34(101):189-201.
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Abstract

Heat and mass transfer of MHD boundary-layer flow of a viscous incompress-
ible fluid over an exponentially stretching sheet in the presence of radiation is investi-
gated. The two-dimensional boundary-layer governing partial differential equations are
transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using similarity
variables. The transformed equations of momentum, energy and concentration are solved
by Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). The validity of HAM solution is ensured by com-
paring the HAM solution with existing solutions. The influence of physical parameters
such as magnetic parameter, Prandtl number, radiation parameter, and Schmidt num-
ber on velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are discussed. It is found that
the increasing values of magnetic parameter reduces the dimensionless velocity field but
enhances the dimensionless temperature and concentration field. The temperature dis-
tribution decreases with increasing values of Prandtl number. However, the temperature
distribution increases when radiation parameter increases. The concentration boundary
layer thickness decreases as a result of increase in Schmidt number.