Thermal boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid past a wedge with constant wall temperature

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 113-121

  Kim, Y J ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

MICROPOLAR FLUIDS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0033281125     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01179545     Document Type: Article

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