MHD stagnation point flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet

Abstract

The problem of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation point flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet is studied in this paper. By using proper variables, the partial differential equations are transformed into an ordinary (similarity) differential equation. This equation along with the corresponding boundary conditions are solved numerically using boundary value problems solver (bvp4c) in Matlab software. It is found that dual (first and second) solutions exist for the similarity equation. The results are shown in a table and four figures for several values of the governing parameters.