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Unsteady three-dimensional MHD boundary-layer flow due to the impulsive motion of a stretching surface (Acta Mech. 146, 59–71, 2001)

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In this communication, we make corrections to the numerical results presented in the paper published by Takhar et al. (Acta Mech 146: 59–71, 2001) by giving a purely analytic solution to the problem. The present analytic solution obtained by homotopy analysis method is highly accurate and uniformly valid for all values of the dimensionless time 0 ≤ ξ ≤ 1. A comparison is made with the results already present in the literature.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, 45320, Islamabad, Pakistan

    A. Mehmood, A. Ali & T. Shah

  2. Department of Mathematics (FAS), International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    A. Mehmood

  3. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    H. S. Takhar

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Mehmood, A., Ali, A., Takhar, H.S. et al. Unsteady three-dimensional MHD boundary-layer flow due to the impulsive motion of a stretching surface (Acta Mech. 146, 59–71, 2001). Acta Mech 199, 241–249 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-007-0555-4

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