Taylor Series Solution of the Electrohydrodynamic Flow Equation

In this work, the electrohydrodynamic flow equation of a fluid in an ion drag configuration in a circular cylindrical conduit is considered. The differential equation of the problem is a highly nonlinear and singular boundary value problem (BVP). An analytical solution of the problem is presented using the differential transform method (DTM). In this method, the differential equation and related boundary conditions transformed into a recurrence set of equations and at the end, the coefficients of Taylor series are calculated based on the solution of this set of equations. DTM results are compared with the numerical solution of the problem and an excellent accuracy is observed. It showed that the proposed method overcame the nonlinearity and singularity of the problem without any need to restrict assumptions or linearization.

Electrohydrodynamic Flow Equation; Singular Boundary Value Problem; Differential Transform Method; Taylor Series.