A second-order finite-difference method for the Falkner-Skan equation

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 779-786

  Asaithambi, Asai ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate transformation; Falkner Skan equation; Finite difference; Second order accuracy

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; FALKNER-SKAN EQUATION; SECOND ORDER ACCURACY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 4344610158     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2003.06.020     Document Type: Article

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