Diffusion of chemically reactive species in a porous medium over a stretching sheet

    Authors

    F. T. Akyildiz; H. Bellout;K. Vajravelu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Math. Anal. Appl.

    Keywords

    diffusion; porous medium; stretching sheet; chemically reactive species; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; MASS-TRANSFER; BOUNDARY-LAYER; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; HEAT-TRANSFER; FLOW; PLATE; ELECTRODE; SUCTION; GRADE; Mathematics, Applied; Mathematics

    Abstract

    Solutions for a class of nonlinear second-order differential equations, arising in diffusion of chemically reactive species of a non-Newtonian fluid immersed in a porous medium over a stretching sheet, are obtained. Furthermore, using the Brouwer fixed point theorem, existence results are established. Moreover, the exact analytical solutions (for some special cases) are obtained. The results obtained for the diffusion characteristics reveal many interesting behaviors that warrant further study of the effects of reaction rate on the transfer of chemically reactive species. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

    Volume

    320

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    322

    Last Page

    339

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000237787400020

    ISSN

    0022-247X

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