<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this article, the lubrication of a long porous slider in which the fluid is injected into the porous bottom is considered. The similarity transformations reduce the governing problem of Navier-Stokes equations to coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are solved by HAM. Solutions are obtained for much larger values of Reynolds number compared to analytical and numerical methods. The results comprise good agreement between approximate and numerical solutions. HAM gives rapid convergent series solutions which show that this method is efficient, accurate and has advantages over other methods. Further, homotopy-pade’ technique is used to accelerate the convergence of series solution.</p></abstract>

In this article, the lubrication of a long porous slider in which the fluid is injected into the porous bottom is considered. The similarity transformations reduce the governing problem of Navier-Stokes equations to coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are solved by HAM. Solutions are obtained for much larger values of Reynolds number compared to analytical and numerical methods. The results comprise good agreement between approximate and numerical solutions. HAM gives rapid convergent series solutions which show that this method is efficient, accurate and has advantages over other methods. Further, homotopy-pade’ technique is used to accelerate the convergence of series solution.

Homotopy analysis method for the solution of lubrication of a long porous slider

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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In this article, the lubrication of a long porous slider in which the fluid is injected into the porous bottom is considered. The similarity transformations...

Homotopy analysis method for the solution of lubrication of a long porous slider

Published Online: Nov 01, 2016

Page range: 507 - 516

Received: Jun 05, 2016

Accepted: Nov 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2016.2.00040

Keywords
Porous slider, Reynolds number, HAM, Homotopy-Pade’ approximations

© 2016 Vishwanath B.Awati, Manjunath Jyoti, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Homotopy analysis method for the solution of lubrication of a long porous slider

Published Online: Nov 01, 2016

Page range: 507 - 516

Received: Jun 05, 2016

Accepted: Nov 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2016.2.00040

KeywordsPorous slider, Reynolds number, HAM, Homotopy-Pade’ approximations

© 2016 Vishwanath B.Awati, Manjunath Jyoti, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Porous slider, Reynolds number, HAM, Homotopy-Pade’ approximations