Scaling group transformation for boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a porous vertical stretching surface in the presence of chemical reaction with heat radiation

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Abdul Kahar, Rosmila ^a   Kandasamy, R ^a   Muhaimin, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brownian motion number; Chemical reaction; Heat radiation; Nanofluids; Scaling group transformation; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

COLD WALL; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HOT WALL; LEWIS NUMBERS; LIE GROUP TRANSFORMATION; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; SCALING GROUP; SCALING GROUP TRANSFORMATION; SPECIAL FORMS; STREAM CONDITION; SYMMETRY GROUPS; VERTICAL STRETCHING SURFACES; VOLUME FRACTION PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOPHORESIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80054873596     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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