Series solutions for unsteady laminar MHD flow near forward stagnation point of an impulsively rotating and translating sphere in presence of buoyancy forces

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1159-1169

  Dinarvand, Saeed ^a   Doosthoseini, Ahmad ^a   Doosthoseini, Ensiyeh ^b   Rashidi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buoyancy parameter; Convergence; Homotopy analysis method; Impulsive motion; Magnetic parameter; Rotation parameter; Series solution; Stagnation point

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY PARAMETERS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHODS; IMPULSIVE MOTION; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; ROTATION PARAMETERS; SERIES SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MASS TRANSFER; ROTATION; SHEAR STRESS; SPHERES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BUOYANCY;

EID: 70449658049     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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