Hydromagnetic Stagnation–Point Flow of Casson Fluid towards a
Convectively Heated Stretching/Shrinking Sheet
- Winifred Mutuku
Abstract
This study investigates the hydromagnetic stagnation point flow to
Casson fluid towards a vertically stretching sheet with convective
surface boundary condition. Casson fluid model is used to characterize
the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. Using similarity transformation, the
governing nonlinear partial differential equations are transformed into
coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are solved
numerically by employing Runge-Kutta Fehlberg integration scheme with
shooting technique. Graphical results showing the effects of various
thermophysical parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles are
presented and discussed quantitatively.