Stability analysis of boundary layer flow and heat transfer over a permeable exponentially shrinking sheet in the presence of thermal radiation and partial slip

Abstract

In this paper, the steady boundary layer fluid flow with heat transfer over an exponentially shrinking sheet with thermal radiation, partial slip and suction is studied. The similarity transformation was applied to the governing partial differential equations to transform into a set of ordinary differential equations which are then solved numerically using bvp4c function in Matlab. It is reveal that dual solutions exist in our observations. A stability analysis is performed to determine which solution is linearly stable and physically realizable.