MHD boundary-layer flow of a micropolar fluid past a wedge with variable wall temperature

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Ishak, A ^a   Nazar, R ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

MICROPOLAR FLUIDS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 39749137465     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-007-0499-8     Document Type: Article

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