Multiple solutions of mixed convection boundary-layer approximations in a porous medium

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Guedda, M ^a  

^a Faculté de Mathématiques et d Informatique   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Existence; Non existence and multiple solutions; Porous media; Similarity solutions

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

EXISTENCE; NON-EXISTENCE AND MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 27644520513     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2005.02.037     Document Type: Article

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