Fluid flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet

    Authors

    K. Vajravelu;J. R. Cannon

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Math. Comput.

    Keywords

    BOUNDARY-LAYER; HEAT-TRANSFER; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; MASS-TRANSFER; SUCTION; PLATE; Mathematics, Applied

    Abstract

    Numerical solutions are obtained for a class of nonlinear third order differential equations arising in fluid flows over a nonlinearly stretching sheet, using a similarity transformation which is different from that of the linearly stretching sheet problem. Furthermore, using the Schauder theory, existence of a solution of the third order differential equation over a large but finite interval is established. Moreover, the analytical solutions are obtained and are compared with the corresponding numerical solutions. The results obtained for the flow characteristics reveal many interesting behaviors that warrant further study of the effects of nonlinear stretching on the flow characteristics. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Applied Mathematics and Computation

    Volume

    181

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    609

    Last Page

    618

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000242276600058

    ISSN

    0096-3003

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