Stagnation point flow of a micropolar fluid towards a stretching sheet

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1227-1235

  Nazar, Roslinda ^a   Amin, Norsarahaida ^a   Filip, Diana ^b   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Micropolar fluid; Stagnation point flow; Stretching sheet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VISCOSITY;

MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; STAGNATION POINT FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 0345170892     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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