AbstractIn this paper, we consider the nonlinear boundary value problem for the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow of a fluid in an ion-drag configuration in a circular cylindrical conduit. This phenomenon is governed by a nonlinear second-order differential equation. The degree of nonlinearity is determined by a nondimensional parameter α. We present two semi-analytic algorithms to solve the EHD flow equation for various values of relevant parameters based on optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM) and optimal homotopy analysis method. In 1999, Paullet has shown that for large α, the solutions are qualitatively different from those calculated by Mckee in 1997. Both of our solutions obtained by OHAM and optimal homotopy analysis method are qualitatively similar with Paullet’s solutions. Manuscript profile

AbstractA new analytic algorithm for Lane-Emden equations is proposed in this paper. The proposed algorithm is obtained by using a new iterative method. The new iterative method is a hybrid of variational iteration method and the Adomian decomposition method and further refined by introducing a new correction functional. This new correction functional is obtained from the standard correction functional of variational iteration method by introducing an auxiliary parameter γ in it. Further, a sequenceGnx, with suitably chosen support, is also introduced in the new correction functional. The algorithm is easy to implement and gives fairly accurate solutions. Several test examples are given establishing the accuracy and the efficiency of the algorithm. Manuscript profile