Dual solutions in mixed convection flow near a stagnation point on a vertical surface in a porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1150-1155

  Ishak, Anuar ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dual solutions; Mixed convection; Porous medium; Stagnation point

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DUAL SOLUTIONS; STAGNATION POINT;

MIXED CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MIXED CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 39349091003     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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