The flow of an electrically conducting fluid at a rear stagnation point

The structure of the incompressible viscous flow of an electrically conducting fluid at a rear stagnation point is investigated analytically. The generalized analysis of Proudman and Johnson (1962) is extended to demonstrate the compatibility of the results of Leibovich (1967) with those of Buckmaster (1969 and 1971). Numerical results are presented in a table and graph, and it is found that a Goldstein singularity characterized by unbounded growth of the boundary-layer thickness can exist when the steady MHD flow has a decelerating mainstream and the interaction parameter N is between 1 and 2.