About the physical relevance of similarity solutions of the boundary-layer flow equations describing mixed convection flow along a vertical plate

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Steinrück, Herbert ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laminar boundary layer; Mixed convection; Similarity solutions

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; STABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

FLOW ANALYSIS; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXED CONVECTION; VERTICAL PLATE;

EID: 0037329749     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(02)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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