MHD Boundary Layer Flow of a Nanofluid Passed through a Porous Shrinking Sheet with Thermal Radiation

This study examines the series solution for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) three-dimensional flow past a porous shrinking sheet. The thermal radiation effects are also taken into account. The model used for the nanofluid incorporated the effect of Brownian motion and the thermophoreses. The involved equations are solved analytically by homotopy analysis method (HAM). Graphical results for the dimensionless velocity, temperature, and nanoparticle fraction are reported and examined for various physical parameters showing the interesting aspects of the obtained solutions. The numerical table for local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are also computed. (C) 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.