Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparison of the wall-shear stress value obtained by the asymptotic solution (31) with numerical solution of the problem.

Asymptotic solutionNumerical solutionAsymptotic solutionNumerical solutionAsymptotic solutionNumerical solution

−1.5 1.0 1.94067 1.74393 2.01452 1.82370 9.59541 9.54691
2.5 2.45269 2.10429 2.51481 2.17436 9.73942 9.64240
3.0 2.60582 2.21529 2.66513 2.28281 9.78698 9.67404

−1.0 1.0 2.14065 1.94035 2.21564 2.02153 9.83087 9.78232
2.5 2.65963 2.31217 2.72247 2.38303 9.97508 9.87833
3.0 2.81449 2.42609 2.87443 2.49421 10.0227 9.91015

1.0 1.0 3.17575 2.98078 3.24889 3.05951 10.8331 10.78467
2.5 3.68438 3.36234 3.74628 3.43084 10.9767 10.88218
3.0 3.83702 3.47842 3.89618 3.54436 11.0258 10.91448