Research Article

On the Successive Linearisation Approach to the Flow of Reactive Third-Grade Liquid in a Channel with Isothermal Walls

Table 1

Comparison between the SLM results at different orders and the bvp4c numerical results for wall heat flux Nu for various values of , , , and .

1st order 2nd order 3rd order bvp4c

2 1 0.1 0.1 0.14948880 0.14958883 0.14958883 0.14958883
4 1 0.1 0.10.195505300.195654010.195654010.19565401
6 1 0.1 0.10.241521810.241729060.241729060.24172906
8 1 0.1 0.10.287538310.287814050.287814050.28781405

1 1 0.1 0.10.126480540.126559910.126559910.12655991
1 1 0.1 0.20.261598250.262334460.262334470.26233447
1 1 0.1 0.30.406528820.409446980.409447280.40944728
1 1 0.1 0.40.562675110.570927370.570930890.57093089

1 1 0.1 0.10.126480540.126559910.126559910.12655991
1 3 0.1 0.10.121684100.121759800.121759800.12175980
1 5 0.1 0.10.119562720.119636760.119636760.11963676
1 10 0.1 0.10.116910950.116982890.116982890.11698289

1 1 1 0.50.731724810.713608520.713593360.71359336
1 1 5 0.5 0.73172481 0.66332507 0.66312547 0.66312547
1 1 10 0.5 0.73172481 0.64501234 0.64484620 0.64484620
1 1 20 0.5 0.73172481 0.63173135 0.63164065 0.63164065