Approximate analytic solutions of stagnation point flow in a porous medium

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2677-2688

  Kumaran, V ^a   Tamizharasi, R ^a   Vajravelu, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Porous medium; Stagnation point flow

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; APPROXIMATE ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL; HIGH-ORDER; LIMITING CASE; POROUS MEDIUM; SERIES SOLUTIONS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 58349084695     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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