Lie group analysis and numerical solutions for non-Newtonian nanofluid flow in a porous medium with internal heat generation

Physica Scripta

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Uddin, Md Jashim ^a   Yusoff, N H M ^a   Anwar Beg O ^b   Ismail, Ahamd Izani ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Gort Engovation Research (Propulsion and Biomechanics)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISTANCE; BUOYANCY RATIO; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FRICTION FACTORS; GROUP TRANSFORMATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; INTERNAL HEAT GENERATION; LEWIS NUMBERS; LIE GROUP ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MOTION PARAMETERS; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NONISOTHERMAL; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL CODE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POROUS MEDIUM; POWER LAW INDEX; POWER-LAW; REDUCED EQUATIONS; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT; THERMO-PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT EQUATION; WALL TEMPERATURES; WORKING FLUID;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84873355358     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/87/02/025401     Document Type: Article

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