Thin film flow in MHD third grade fluid on a vertical belt with temperature dependent viscosity

• Main Authors: Gul, Taza, Islam, Saed, Shah, Rehan Ali, Khan, Ilyas, Shafie, Sharidan
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63076/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097552
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In this work, we have carried out the influence of temperature dependent viscosity on thin film flow of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) third grade fluid past a vertical belt. The governing coupled non-linear differential equations with appropriate boundary conditions are solved analytically by using Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM). In order to make comparison, the governing problem has also been solved by using Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method (OHAM). The physical characteristics of the problem have been well discussed in graphs for several parameter of interest.