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


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Fig. 1

(a) Moving long porous slider; (b) Coordinate system.
(a) Moving long porous slider; (b) Coordinate system.

Fig. 2

ħ curves for the series h‴(0), f′(0) and g′(0) for R = 1.
ħ curves for the series h‴(0), f′(0) and g′(0) for R = 1.

Fig. 3

Variations of h by increasing Reynolds number R.
Variations of h by increasing Reynolds number R.

Fig. 4

Variations of f by increasing Reynolds number R.
Variations of f by increasing Reynolds number R.

Fig. 5

Variations of g by increasing Reynolds number R.
Variations of g by increasing Reynolds number R.

Fig. 6

Normalized lift and drag as a function of Reynolds number.
Normalized lift and drag as a function of Reynolds number.

Convergence of HAM solutions for different order of approximations for R = 10 when ħh = ħf = ħg = −1.

order of approximationh ‴(0)f ′(0)g ′(0)
5-37.8737-3.51618-2.37722
10-38.1065-3.45718-2.41558
15-38.1026-3.46067-2.41123
20-38.1024-3.4605-2.40905
25-38.1024-3.46051-2.40864
30-38.1024-3.46051-2.40861
35-38.1024-3.46051-2.40862
40-38.1024-3.46051-2.40862

Comparison of the Homotopy pade approximations (HPA) [40, 40] solution with the numerical solution [2] and long series (LS) [16] for different values of the Reynolds number R.

h ‴(0)f ′(0)g ′(0)
RHPANumericalLSHPANumericalLSHPANumericalLS
0.2-12.465-12.465-12.447-1.088-1.088-1.085-1.030-1.030-1.030
1-14.365-14.365-14.196-1.405-1.405-1.406-1.153-1.153-1.165
5-24.583-24.584-22.893-2.527-2.528-2.991-1.766-1.766-1.859
13.8-48.480-48.484-48.068-4.021-4.022-4.224-2.806-----2.807
51.6-149.67-149.67-----7.553-7.553-5.302-5.301
70-197.96---------8.757-----6.144----
100-275.90---------10.40-----7.288----
300-788.43---------17.815-----12.516----
500-1291.1---------22.670-----15.368----
1000-2526.4---------30.432-----20.062----

The [m,m] homotopy-Pade approximations of h‴(0), f′(0) and g′(0) when R = 10.

[m, m]h ‴(0)f ′(0)g ′(0)
[5,5]-38.1021-3.46043-2.40875
[10,10]-38.1024-3.46051-2.40862
[15,15]-38.1024-3.46051-2.40862
[20,20]-38.1024-3.46051-2.40862
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