The effect of thermal radiation on the flow of a second grade fluid

This paper reports the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heat transfer characteristics of a second grade fluid in a channel. Analytic technique namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is used to solve the momentum and energy equations. The important findings in this paper are the effects of second grade parameter, Hartmann number, Reynolds number, thermal radiation parameter, Prandtl and local Eckert numbers on the velocity, temperature, skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number.