Fig. 2

a Rarefaction parameter (\(\beta_{{\text{v}}} {\text{Kn}}\)) on the main flow and induced velocity profiles, for \(M = 2,S = 0.5,\ln = 1.667,\beta_{{\text{h}}} = 0.10,\beta_{{\text{i}}} = 3.0\,\,{\text{and}}\,\Pr = 0.71\). b Rarefaction parameter (\(\beta_{{\text{v}}} {\text{Kn}}\)) on the main flow and induced velocity profiles, for \(M = 2,S = 0.5,\ln = 1.667,\beta_{{\text{h}}} = 0.10,\beta_{{\text{i}}} = 3.0\,\,{\text{and}}\,\Pr = 0.71\)