In this study, the problem of steady two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a viscoelastic fluid near a stretching sheet in has been investigated using a simulation method called Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method (OHAM). The concept of OHAM is briefly introduced, and then employed it to derive solutions of governing nonlinear equation. The obtained results from this method are compared with those from the numerical solution to verify the accuracy of the proposed method. It is found that the OHAM can achieve suitable results in predicting the solution of such problems. Moreover, the effect of important parameters on temperature distribution, mass transfer as well as stream function along the stretching sheet are presented and discussed in detail

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