Abstract
A model of forced convection flow due to stretching surface is derived to represent the physical system with prescribed skin friction. To achieve the similar solutions, the partial differential equations are reduced into ordinary differential equations. The analytic solutions of the resulting problems have been obtained by a homotopy analysis method. The convergence of the developed series solution is seen. Finally, the results of velocity, temperature, the stretching velocity, and Nusselt number are analyzed. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 25: 1342-1352, 2009