Nonsimilar solutions for double-diffusion boundary layers on a sphere in micropolar fluids with constant wall heat and mass fluxes

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1892-1900

  Cheng, Ching Yang ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cubic spline collocation method; Double diffusion; Heat and mass transfer; Micropolar fluid; Natural convection; Nonsimilar solutions; Sphere

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; BOUNDARY-LAYER SOLUTION; BUOYANCY RATIO; CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; CUBIC SPLINE COLLOCATION METHOD; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONDIMENSIONAL; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; VORTEX VISCOSITY; WALL TEMPERATURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; INTERPOLATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

SPHERES;

EID: 78649464061     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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