Exact self-similar solutions of the magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer system for power-law fluids

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 805-817

  Zhang, Zhongxin ^a   Wang, Junyu ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(Generalized) normal solution; Boundary value problem; Existence; Initial value problem; Magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer system; Nonexistence; Positive solution; Power law fluid; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547885084     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-006-5117-4     Document Type: Article

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