Title

MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS FOR HYDROMAGNETIC FLOW OF A SECOND GRADE FLUID OVER A STRETCHING OR SHRINKING SHEET

Authors

Authors

R. A. Van Gorder;K. Vajravelu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Q. Appl. Math.

Keywords

Similarity solution; stretching sheet; shrinking sheet; Navier-Stokes; equations; exact solution; hydromagnetic flow; viscoelastic fluid; second grade fluid; multiple solutions; BOUNDARY-LAYER-FLOWS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; MHD; VISCOUS-FLOW; HEAT-TRANSFER; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; STAGNATION POINT; SURFACE; BRANCH; Mathematics, Applied

Abstract

We study a class of fourth-order nonlinear differential equations arising in the hydromagnetic flow of a second grade fluid over a stretching or shrinking sheet. Explicit exact solutions are obtained. Furthermore we show that the differential equation may admit zero or one or two physically meaningful solutions depending on the values of the physical parameters of the model. As a special case, we recover the single or the dual solutions and compare them with the available results in the literature. Also, the obtained multiple solutions for several sets of values of the parameters are presented through tables and graphs, and the qualitative behaviors are discussed.

Journal Title

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volume

69

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

405

Last Page

424

WOS Identifier

WOS:000293935400001

ISSN

0033-569X

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