Numerical Study of Generalized Three-Dimensional MHD Flow over a Porous Stretching Sheet

Authors

1 Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 School of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

In this paper a numerical method for solving generalized three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of an incompressible viscous fluid over a porous stretching sheet is proposed. This approach is based on Legendre pseudo-spectral method with a positive scaling factor and extrapolation. The present method solves the problem on the semi-infinite domain without truncating it to a finite domain. In addition, this method reduces the solution of the problem to solution of a system of algebraic equations. The obtained numerical results are compared with some well-known results to confirm the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed scheme.

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