Novel quartic spline method for boundary layer fluid flow problem of Falkner-Skan model with wall stretching and transfer of mass effects

Abstract

The non-linear ordinary differential equations (NODEs) in this article are estimated and analyzed numerically using the capability of the Quartic Splines Method (QSM) for mathematical modeling of the Falkner-Skan fluidic system and its optimization through global search Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and local search Active-Set (AS) techniques. The concept of hybridization is used to optimize the obtained results and provide a boost to the suggested method, QSM, which allows for rapid iteration. Falkner-Skan fluid model (FSFM) is solved by the proposed technique QSM-GAs-AS. The FSFM is solved for three, seven, and twelve splines successfully. The problem is analyzed for three scenarios, in which each scenario is based on the variation of a parameter out of the three involved parameters, namely the wall mass transfer parameter (γ), the wall movement parameter (λ), and the stream-wise pressure gradient parameter (β), appearing in FSFM. The QSM-GAs-AS produces an interpolated function that is continuous up to its fourth derivative. The solution outcomes of FSFM, treated by the designed scheme QSM-GAs-AS, are presented graphically. The evaluation of the planned solution is done with a deterministic numerical solver, the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). Statistical analysis for multiple runs is used to examine the proposed scheme's convergence, exactness, and accuracy.