Three-dimensional flow over a stretching surface in a viscoelastic fluid

This article looks at the hydrodynamic elastico-viscous fluid over a stretching surface. The equations governing the flow are reduced to ordinary differential equations, which are analytically solved by applying all efficient technique namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The solutions for the velocity components are computed. The numerical values of wall skill friction coefficients are also tabulated. The present HAM solution is compared with the known exact solution for the two-dimensional flow and an excellent agreement is found. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.