Series solutions of unsteady boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid near the forward stagnation point of a plane surface

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 184, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 87-101

  Xu, H ^a,b   Liao, S J ^a,b   Pop, I ^a,c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University ^*

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD; MICROROTATION; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FRICTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 33745645429     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-005-0302-7     Document Type: Article

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