Homotopy analysis method for solving the MHD flow over a non-linear stretching sheet

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2653-2663

  Ghotbi, Abdoul R ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boundary layer flow; Enough iteration; HAM; None zero auxiliary parameter

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ANALYSIS METHOD; AUXILIARY PARAMETERS; BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOWS; ENOUGH ITERATION; EXACT SOLUTION; HOMOTOPY ANALYSE METHOD; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR STRETCHING; NONE-ZERO AUXILIARY PARAMETER; STRETCHING SHEET;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 58349112941     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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