IJPAM: Volume 66, No. 1 (2011)
AN UCM FLUID OVER A STRETCHING SHEET





Athens University of Economics and Business
76, Patision Str., Athens, 10434, GREECE
e-mail: mamkris@aueb.gr

Gulbarga University
Gulbarga, Kamataka, 585 106, INDIA



Bangalore University
Mangalagangothri, Bangalore, 574 199, INDIA
e-mail: usmahabalesh@yahoo.co.in
Abstract.The effects of a transverse magnetic field within a boundary layer flow on
an upper-convected Maxwell (UCM) fluid over a stretching sheet is examined
in this paper. Similarity transformations are used to non-dimensionalize the
governing boundary layer equations of motion. The resulting ordinary
differential equations are then solved numerically by using efficient
numerical shooting technique with fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm [#!15!#].
The objective of the present work is to investigate the effect of elastic
parameter and magnetic parameter Mn on the temperature field above
the sheet. We compare the results obtained with the results of Hayat et al [#!7!#] by several graphs.
Received: May 3, 2010
AMS Subject Classification: 35Q30, 35A35
Key Words and Phrases: UCM fluid, boundary layer, stretching sheet, similarity transformation, magnetic parameter, shooting technique
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2011
Volume: 66
Issue: 1