Research Article

Similarity Solutions of the MHD Boundary Layer Flow Past a Constant Wedge within Porous Media

Table 1

Comparison of the wall-shear stress value obtained by solution (29) with numerical solution of the problem.

Exact solution Numerical solution Exact solution Numerical solution Exact solution Numerical solution

−2.5 0.5 0.55406 0.55406 0.66494 0.66503 0.79464 0.79464
1.5 0.86272 0.86327 0.96160 0.95955 1.07365 1.07367
2.5 1.13996 1.13996 1.22414 1.22549 1.32740 1.32796

−1.5 0.5 0.77682 0.77560 0.92210 0.92251 1.05306 1.05305
1.5 1.14703 1.14704 1.25278 1.25256 1.38488 1.37664
2.5 1.46059 1.46067 1.55160 1.55163 1.66086 1.66012

1.5 0.5 2.38869 2.38763 2.50242 2.50222 2.63615 2.63635
1.5 2.76013 2.76233 2.85672 2.85724 2.97045 2.97048
2.5 3.07548 3.07696 3.14291 3.15978 3.26147 3.25967

2.5 0.5 3.18651 3.18776 3.28564 3.28547 3.50062 3.50181
1.5 3.51843 3.51893 3.60425 3.60325 3.70529 3.70484
2.5 3.80649 3.80645 3.87612 3.88176 3.97309 3.97313