Application of the homotopy perturbation method to micropolar flow in a porous channel

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Esmaeilpour, M ^a   Ganji, Davood D ^a   Mohseni, E ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION METHOD; MICROPOLAR; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POROUS CHANNEL; SYSTEM OF NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

LINEARIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 67649198816     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v12.i5.50     Document Type: Article

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