The Lie-group shooting method for multiple-solutions of Falkner-Skan equation under suction-injection conditions

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 844-851

  Liu, Chein Shan ^a   Chang, Jiang Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blasius equation; Boundary layer; Falkner Skan equation; Lie group shooting method; Multiple solutions; Suction injection boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SOLUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

BLASIUS EQUATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FALKNER-SKAN EQUATION; LIE-GROUP SHOOTING METHOD; MULTIPLE-SOLUTIONS; SUCTION-INJECTION BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 53949112258     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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