MHD flow of a micropolar fluid past a stretched permeable surface with heat generation or absorption

Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-40

  Khedr, M E M ^a   Chamkha, A J ^a   Bayomi, M ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Heat generation or absorption; MHD flow; Micropolar fluid; Stretched surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549096483     PISSN: 13925113     EISSN: 23358963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15388/na.2009.14.1.14528     Document Type: Article

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