Stagnation-point flow over a shrinking sheet in a micropolar fluid

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1417-1427

  Ishak, Anuar ^a   Lok, Yian Yian ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dual solutions; Fluid mechanics; Micropolar fluid; Shrinking sheet; Stagnation point flow

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLUIDS; DUAL SOLUTIONS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; SHRINKING SHEET; STAGNATION POINTS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; STRETCHING SHEET;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; SHRINKAGE;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77951686677     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986441003626169     Document Type: Article

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