Volume 2013, Issue 1 239454
Research Article
Open Access

A New Application of the Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Method to Solve MHD Jeffery-Hamel Flows Problem in Nonparallel Walls

Mustafa Inc

Mustafa Inc

Department of Mathematics, Science Faculty, Fırat University, 23119 Elazığ, Turkey firat.edu.tr

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Ali Akgül

Ali Akgül

Department of Mathematics, Education Faculty, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey dicle.edu.tr

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409-0020, USA mst.edu

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Adem Kılıçman

Corresponding Author

Adem Kılıçman

Department of Mathematics and Institute for Mathematical Research, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia upm.edu.my

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First published: 11 April 2013
Citations: 10
Academic Editor: Hassan Eltayeb

Abstract

The present paper emphasizes Jeffery-Hamel flow: fluid flow between two rigid plane walls, where the angle between them is 2α. A new method called the reproducing kernel Hilbert space method (RKHSM) is briefly introduced. The validity of the reproducing kernel method is set by comparing our results with HAM, DTM, and HPM and numerical results for different values of H, α, and Re. The results show up that the proposed reproducing kernel method can achieve good results in predicting the solutions of such problems. Comparison between obtained results showed that RKHSM is more acceptable and accurate than other methods. This method is very useful and applicable for solving nonlinear problems.

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