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General slip boundary condition is used to solve the viscous incompressible flows induced by a stretching sheet. These flow problems corresponds to the planar and axisymmetric stretching. A similarity solution is developed by shooting method using Runge–Kutta algorithm. The results are graphically displayed and discussed under the influence of slip parameter and critical shear rate. The comparison of stretching flow problem subject to Navier's boundary condition in the planar case is made with the available numerical results in the literature.

In many fields, there are various applications of non-Newtonian fluids. Various complicated fluids (polymer melts, clay coatings and oil) belong to the category of non-Newtonian fluids. The third-grade fluid is one of the most important non-Newtonian fluid models. This paper has the primary object of heat transfer mechanism and boundary layer third-grade fluid flow under the effects of thermal radiation. The time-dependent two-dimensional flow is considered to flow above a permeable stretchable vertical Riga plate. For numerical solutions, the setup of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is acquired by converting nonlinear governing equations through relevant similarity transformations. The nonlinear setup of ODEs is numerically solved with the aid of a suitable software such as MATLAB via its bvp4c technology. Graphs are sketched to discuss the various flow parameters’ significance for the expression of velocity and temperature fields. Tabulated values of surface drag force and heat transfer rate corresponding to the numerous pertinent parameters are described. The current analysis of the concerned flow mechanism concludes that the fluid parameters descend the temperature distribution but amplify the profile of the fluid velocity. The radiation parameter escalates the temperature field.

Due to the numerous practices of non-Newtonian fluids in technological and industrial fields, the attention towards such fluids increases incredibly. The highly nonlinear equations emerge in the modeling of the non-Newtonian fluids. The differential transform method is one of the analytical methods which is used to acquire the solution to these complicated nonlinear equations in the series form. The current analysis comprises the squeeze flow of non-Newtonian fluid in two dimensions. Two infinite parallel plates are considered in which the time-dependent fluid is squeezed. The heat transfer mechanism is deliberated with the significance of heat absorption/generation. The nonlinear setup of ordinary differential equations is acquired by practicing the appropriate similarity variables on the governing equations of the concerned flow mechanism. The nonlinear setup is analytically resolved with the help of an analytical differential transform method. For the authenticity of the differential transform method, the analytical outcomes are compared with the numerical results. Graphical illustrations of fluid temperature and velocity profiles relative to the pertinent parameters are briefly explicated numerically and analytically. The fluid velocity demonstrates the descending behavior and the temperature field exhibits the expanding nature relative to the squeezing parameter.