Author(s)

Haider Zaman, Arif Sohail, Azhar Ali, Tarique Abbas

Faculty of Numerical Sciences, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.

This paper investigates effects of Hall current on flow of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) axisymmetric second-grade fluid with suction and blowing over a sheet stretching exponentially with radius. The governing non-linear partial differential equations describing the problem are converted to a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations by using the similarity transformations. The complex analytical solution is found by using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The existing literature on the topic shows that it is the first study regarding the effects of Hall current on flow over an exponentially stretching sheet in cylindrical coordinates. The convergence of the obtained complex series solutions is carefully analyzed. The effects of dimensionless parameters on the radial and axial components of the velocity are illustrated through plots. Also the effects of the pertinent parameters on the shear stress at the wall are presented numerically in tabular form.

Hall Currents; Unsteady; Axisymmetric; Suction/Blowing; Exponential Stretching

Zaman, H. , Sohail, A. , Ali, A. and Abbas, T. (2014) Effects of Hall Current on Flow of Unsteady MHD Axisymmetric Second-Grade Fluid with Suction and Blowing over an Exponentially Stretching Sheet. Open Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 2, 23-33. doi: 10.4236/ojmsi.2014.22005.