A new solution branch for the Blasius equation-A shrinking sheet problem

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3088-3095

  Fang, Tiegang ^a   Liang, Wei ^b   Lee, Chia fon F ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blasius equation; Moving flat plate; Shrinking plate; Similarity solution; Stretching plate

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MASS TRANSFER; SHRINKAGE; SOLUTIONS;

BLASIUS EQUATION; MOVING FLAT PLATE; SHRINKING PLATE; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; STRETCHING PLATE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 55649105432     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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