Mixed convection stagnation point flow of a micropolar fluid towards a stretching sheet

Meccanica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-418

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

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Mechanics of fluids; Micropolar fluid; Mixed convection; Stagnation point; Stretching sheet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; MICRO-POLAR FLUIDS; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; STAGNATION POINTS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; STRETCHING SHEET; TWO-DIMENSIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 48449086234     PISSN: 00256455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-007-9103-5     Document Type: Article

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