On exact solutions for thin film flows of a micropolar fluid

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-461

  Sajid, M ^a   Ali, N ^b   Hayat, T ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Exact solutions; Micropolar fluid; Thin film flow

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; ROTATION; THIN FILMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; EXACT SOLUTION; FLOW DOWN AN INCLINED PLANE; MICRO-POLAR FLUIDS; MICROELEMENTS; MICROROTATION; MOVING BELTS; THIN FILM FLOW; THIN-FILMS; VERTICAL CYLINDERS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 47749149539     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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