Abstract
•Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation point flow of third grade fluid is modeled.•Energy expression is based through involvement of variable thermal conductivity.•Heat and mass transfer aspects are described within the frame of double stratification effects.•Flow behavior is analyzed over a nonlinear stretching sheet with variable thickness.•Skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt and local Sherwood numbers are determined.
This article addresses the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation point flow of third grade fluid towards a nonlinear stretching sheet. Energy expression is based through involvement of variable thermal conductivity. Heat and mass transfer aspects are described within the frame of double stratification effects. Boundary layer partial differential systems are deduced. Governing systems are then converted into ordinary differential systems by invoking appropriate variables. The transformed expressions are solved through homotopic technique. Impact of embedded variables on velocity, thermal and concentration fields are displayed and argued. Numerical computations are presented to obtain the results of skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers. It is revealed that larger values of magnetic parameter reduces the velocity field while reverse situation is noticed due to wall thickness variable. Temperature field and local Nusselt number are quite reverse for heat generation/absorption parameter. Moreover qualitative behaviors of concentration field and local Sherwood number are similar for solutal stratification parameter.