Solution of the Jeffery-Hamel flow problem by optimal homotopy asymptotic method

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3405-3411

  Esmaeilpour, M ^a   Ganji, D D ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Jeffery Hamel flows; Nonlinear ordinary differential equation; Optimal homotopy analysis method (OHAM)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; FLOW PROBLEMS; FLUID FLOW; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOMOTOPIES; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHODS; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; OPTIMAL HOMOTOPY ASYMPTOTIC METHODS; RIGID PLANES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77953128924     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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