Non-orthogonal stagnation-point flow of a micropolar fluid

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Lok, Y Y ^a   Pop, I ^b   Chamkha, Ali J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STEADY FLOW;

HIEMENZ FLOW; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; ORTHOGONAL STAGNATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33947329298     PISSN: 00207225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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