The linear stability of flat-plate boundary-layer flow of fluid with temperature-dependent viscosity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2885-2898

  Wall, D P ^a,b   Wilson, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODEL; VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW MODELLING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030683555     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869401     Document Type: Article

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