Dual solutions in mixed convection boundary layer flow of micropolar fluids

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1324-1333

  Ishak, Anuar ^a   Nazar, Roslinda ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dual solutions; Heat transfer; Micropolar fluid; Mixed convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SKIN FRICTION;

DUAL SOLUTIONS; KELLER-BOX METHOD; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MICRO-POLAR FLUIDS; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL SURFACE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 55749100484     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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