Couette and Poiseuille flows of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid with magnetic field (Q1888225)

The inadequacy of the classical Navier-Stokes model when describing rheologically complex fluids has led to the formulation of several non-Newtonian fluid models. This paper considers the Oldroyd 6-constant fluid model governed by a nonlinear differential equation. The three nonlinear boundary value problems are solved using a homotopy analysis and a numerical method. The solutions for a Navier-Stokes fluid, as well as those corresponding to an Oldroyd 3-constant fluid, and for a Maxwell fluid, are shown to appear as limiting cases.