Numerical analysis for steady boundary layer flow of Maxwell fluid over a stretching surface embedded in a porous medium with viscous dissipation using the spectral relaxation method

Abstract

In the current paper, a theoretical analysis is laid out to explore the features of flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics of Maxwell fluid over a stretching sheet, which can be embedded in a porous medium with viscous dissipation. To get the numerical solution a powerful numerical technique, spectral relaxation method, is applied for the set of transformed equations derived from the physical model of the flow. Thereafter, numerical outcomes are computed to discuss the convergence and accuracy of the proposed technique. The impacts of different flow controlling parameters, which are experienced in the problem, are resolved. All the obtained outcomes from the above numerical procedure are displayed through graphs and tables to discuss various resulting parameters. The main notable observations are an increment in surface shear stress and decrement in heat and mass transfer rates for the increase in the strength of the porous medium.

KEYWORDS:

• SRM
• porous medium
• Maxwell fluid
• viscous dissipation
• heat and mass transfer

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