A new spectral-homotopy analysis method for the MHD Jeffery-Hamel problem

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1219-1225

  Motsa, S S ^a   Sibanda, P ^b   Awad, F G ^b   Shateyi, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Jeffery Hamel flow; Magnetohydrodynamics; Nonlinear equations; Spectral homotopy analysis method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHODS; HYBRID METHOD; JEFFERY-HAMEL FLOW; NUMERICAL RESULTS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 77952471075     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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