Hermite-Padé approximation approach to steady flow of a liquid film with adiabatic free surface along an inclined heat plate

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Makinde, O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adiabatic free surface; Hermite Pad approximants; Inclined plate; Liquid film; Thermal criticality

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIQUID FILMS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ADIABATIC FREE SURFACE; SPECTRAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRADITIONAL METHODS;

STEADY FLOW;

EID: 34249739698     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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