Off-Centered Stagnation Point Flow of a Couple Stress Fluid towards a Rotating Disk

• Published in: TheScientificWorld Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Khan, Najeeb Alam, Riaz, Fatima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Approximation theory; Boundary conditions; Differential equations; Fluids; Hydrodynamics; Influence; Models, Theoretical; Ordinary differential equations; Studies; Velocity
• ISSN: 2356-6140; 1537-744X; 1537-744X
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/163586

An investigation has been made to study the off-centered stagnation flow of a couple stress fluid over a rotating disk. The model developed for the governing problem in the form of partial differential equations has been converted to ordinary differential equations with the use of suitable similarity transformation. The analytical approximation has been made with the most promising analytical approach, homotopy analysis method (HAM). The convergence region of the obtained solution is determined and plotted. The effects of couple stress and nondimensional parameters have been observed on the flows of couple stress fluid. Also comparison has been made with the Newtonian fluid as the special case of considered problem.