Steady mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid near the stagnation point on a vertical surface

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 654-670

  Lok, Y Y ^a   Amin, N ^b   Campean, D ^c   Pop, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Convection; Flow; Fluids

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

KELLER-BOX METHOD; MICROPOLAR FLUID; STEADY MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; VERTICAL FLAT PLATE;

STEADY FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 25844448122     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530510613861     Document Type: Review

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