Series solution to the Falkner-Skan equation with stretching boundary

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-164

  Yao, Baoheng ^a   Chen, Jianping ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approximate analytical solution; Homotopy analysis method; Stretching wall; The Falkner Skan equation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; NEWTON-RAPHSON TECHNIQUES; SERIES SOLUTIONS; STRETCHING WALL; THE FALKNER-SKAN EQUATION; UPPER SOLUTIONS; WEDGE FLOW;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 58549087522     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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