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

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1149-1157

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

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Micropolar fluid; Mixed convection; Stagnation point flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FREE STREAM VELOCITY; KELLER BOX METHOD; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; STAGNATION POINT FLOW;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 33749436093     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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