Laminar boundary layer flow of power-law fluids over wavy surfaces

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 115, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-65

  Pop, I ^a   Nakamura, S ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WAVES;

FORCED FLOW; POWER LAW FLUIDS; POWER LAW INDEX; SINUSOIDAL WAVES; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0029731985     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01187428     Document Type: Article

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