Series solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations with slip boundary conditions for non-newtonian MHD fluid in porous space

Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 257-265

  Zeeshan, A ^a   Ellahi, R ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; MHD non Newtonian fluid; Nonlinear coupled partial differential equations; Porosity; Series solution; Slip boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873427225     PISSN: 19350090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12785/amis/070132     Document Type: Article

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