Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a micropolar fluid towards a stagnation point on a vertical surface

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3188-3194

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

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dual solutions; Heat transfer; MHD; Micropolar fluid; Stagnation flow

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

DUAL SOLUTIONS; EXTERNAL-; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD); MHD; MICROPOLAR FLUID; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; OPPOSING FLOWS; STAGNATION FLOW; STAGNATION POINT FLOWS; STAGNATION POINTS; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VERTICAL SURFACES; WALL TEMPERATURES;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 55849145505     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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