Analysis of the magnetohydrodynamic flow in a porous medium

Abstract

This paper develops the combined effects of free convection magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow past a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium. The dimensionless coupled non-linear equations are solved to get the approximate analytical expression for the concentration by using the homotopy perturbation method. For all possible values of parameters, skin lubrication, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are derived.

Keywords

• magnetohydrodynamic (mhd)
• non-linear differential equations
• vertical plate
• porous medium
• homotopy perturbation method