Free convection boundary-layer flow of a micropolar fluid from a vertical flat plate

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-197

  Rees, D A S ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; ISOTHERMS;

MICROPOLAR FLUID;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0032182484     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/61.2.179     Document Type: Article

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