FLOW OF AN EYRING-POWELL FLUID WITH CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

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 (epsilon), (), Biot number () 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 (epsilon) and decreasing function of (). However the temperature and thermal boundary layer thickness decrease when the values of (epsilon) and () are increased.