Implicit differential equation arising in the steady flow of a Sisko fluid

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Akyildiz, F Talay ^a   Vajravelu, K ^b   Mohapatra, R N ^b   Sweet, Erik ^b   Van Gorder, Robert A ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homotopy analysis method; Implicit function theorem (Dini's theorem); Sisko fluid

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXISTENCE RESULTS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD; IMPLICIT FUNCTION THEOREM (DINI'S THEOREM); INTEGER VALUES; NON-LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POWER INDICES; SALIENT FEATURES; SHEAR-THINNING; SISKO FLUID; THIN-FILM FLOWS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 61649112410     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.12.073     Document Type: Article

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