ON HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS OF A MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SISKO FLUID THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM

In this article, the influence of heat transfer on the flow of a magnetohydrodynamic Sisko fluid through a porous medium is investigated. The energy equation is modeled and heat transfer analysis is carried out for the surface temperature. The resulting coupled system of equations is solved using the homotopy analysis method. The convergence of the obtained series solution is established. The behaviors of the shear-thinning and shear-thickening non-Newtonian Sisko fluids are compared with those of a Newtonian fluid. Finally, the influence of pertinent parameters on temperature profiles is shown through graphs and discussed.