Nonlinear stability analysis of thin micropolar film flows travelling down a vertical moving plate

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 984-992

  Chang, Cheng Long ^a  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY;

FILM FLOW SYSTEMS; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; MICROPOLAR FILMS; NONLINEAR STABILITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33244457773     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/5/013     Document Type: Article

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