On the use of homotopy analysis method for solving unsteady MHD flow of Maxwellian fluids above impulsively stretching sheets

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1355-1365

  Alizadeh Pahlavan, Amir ^a   Sadeghy, Kayvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Homotopy analysis method; Stretching sheet; UCM fluid; Unsteady MHD flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ANALYSIS METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER APPROXIMATION; HOMOTOPY ANALYSE METHOD; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; MAXWELLIAN FLUIDS; MHD FLOW; PERFORMANCE; STRETCHING SHEET; UCM FLUID; UNSTEADY MHD FLOW;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 55549095130     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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