Solution of boundary layer flow and heat transfer of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid in a non-Darcian porous medium

Abstract

In this paper, we have studied the effects of radiation on the boundary layer flow and heat transfer of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid over a continuously moving stretching surface embedded in a non-Darcian porous medium with a uniform magnetic field has been analyzed analytically. The governing fundamental equations are approximated by a system of nonlinear locally similar ordinary differential equations which are solved analytically by applying homotopy analysis method (HAM). The effects of Darcy number, heat generation parameter and inertia coefficient parameter are determined on the flow. Convergence of the obtained series solution is discussed. The homotopy analysis method provides us with a new way to obtain series solutions of such problems. This method contains the auxiliary parameter which provides us with a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region of series solution. By suitable choice of the auxiliary parameter, we can obtain reasonable solutions for large modulus.