Homotopy analysis of unsteady boundary-layer flow started impulsively from rest along a symmetric wedge

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-514

  Xu, Hang ^a   Pop, Loan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Analytical approximations; Falkner skan; Semi infinite wedge; Unsteady

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949091705     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.200700132     Document Type: Article

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