Similarity solution of boundary layer stagnation-point flow towards a heated porous stretching sheet saturated with a nanofluid with heat absorption/generation and suction/blowing: A Lie group analysis

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-140

  Hamad, M A A ^a,b   Ferdows, M ^b,c  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Lie group; Nanofluid; Porous media; Stagnation point; Stretching sheet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HEAT FLUX; LIE GROUPS; MASS TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CONDITION; LIE GROUP ANALYSIS; LIE-GROUPS; NANOFLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; STAGNATION POINTS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; STRETCHING SHEET; SUCTION/BLOWING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 79961021602     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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