Soret and Dufour effects on the stagnation point flow of Jeffery fluid with convective boundary condition

S. A. Shehzad; F. E. Alsaadi; S. J. Monaquel; T. Hayat

doi:10.1140/epjp/i2013-13056-6

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Soret and Dufour effects on the stagnation point flow of Jeffery fluid with convective boundary condition

S. A. Shehzad¹^*, F. E. Alsaadi², S. J. Monaquel³ and T. Hayat¹^,2

¹ Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University 45320, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
² Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
³ Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80257, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Received: 12 December 2012
Revised: 27 April 2013
Accepted: 13 May 2013
Published online: 4 June 2013

Abstract

The influence of heat and mass transfer on the stagnation point flow near a stretched surface is explored. The problem formulation is completed using convective boundary conditions. Soret and Dufour effects are retained. The series solutions for velocity, temperature and concentration are constructed and discussed. Numerical values of skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are analyzed.