Analytic solution of natural convection flow of a non-Newtonian fluid between two vertical flat plates using homotopy analysis method

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1868-1880

  Ziabakhsh, Z ^a   Domairry, G ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Homotopy analysis method (HAM); Natural convection; Numerical method (NM)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NATURAL CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RHEOLOGY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; HOMOTOPY ANALYSE METHOD; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHOD; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL FLAT PLATES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 56049101853     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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