An explicit analytic solution for free convection about a vertical flat plate embedded in a porous medium by means of homotopy analysis method

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 433-443

  Xu, H ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic solution; Homotophy analysis method; Porous medium; Steady free convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GROUNDWATER; HEATING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; HOMOTOPHY ANALYSIS METHODS; HOT DIKE COMPLEXES; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 4744362867     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2003.08.102     Document Type: Article

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