Boundary Layer Slip Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Stretching Sheet with Temperature Dependent Viscosity

In the present investigation, the steady boundary layer slip flow and heat transfer past a stretching sheet are studied when the fluid viscosity varies linearly with temperature. The self-similar equations are obtained using similarity transformations and then those are solved numerically by shooting method. The analysis reveals that with the increasing values of viscosity parameter the viscous boundary layer thickness increases and oppositely, the thermal boundary layer thickness decreases. For the increase of the value of slip parameter the velocity decreases up to a crossing over point and increases after that point. The temperature increases when the value of slip parameter increases. The magnitude of the skin-friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer decrease with the increasing values of slip parameter.