Numerical analysis of hydromagnetic micropolar fluid along a stretching sheet embedded in porous medium with non-uniform heat source and chemical reaction

The governing equations of the flow have been transformed into ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformation technique and solved using the Runge-Kutta method associated with shooting technique. The numerical solutions are achieved showing the effects of pertinent parameters. For verification of the present findings the results of this study have been compared with the earlier works in particular cases; Darcian and non-Darcian fluids are discussed separately. It is worth reporting that effect of porosity of the medium combined with inertia gives rise to a transverse compression producing thinner boundary layer the solution by finite element method (FEM) and Runge-Kutta method, do agree within a reasonable error limit.