Flow behavior of unsteady incompressible Newtonian fluid flow between two parallel plates via homotopy analysis method

Abstract

An analysis has been performed to study the problem of the flow of incompressible Newtonian fluid between two parallel plates where the upper plate is impermeable and can move up or down and the lower one is fixed and has a porous surface. The governing equations for this problem are reduced to an ordinary form and is solved using Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) and numerically by fourth order Runge-Kutta technique. Also, Velocity fields have been computed and shown graphically for various values of physical parameters. As an important outcome, HAM is able to solve a large class of nonlinear problems effectively, more easily and accurately; and thus it has been widely applicable in engineering and physics.

Keywords:
Homotopy Analysis Method; parallel porous plates; unsteady flow