On thin film flow of a third-grade fluid down an inclined plane

    Authors

    V. Kumaran; R. Tamizharasi; J. H. Merkin;K. Vajravelu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Arch. Appl. Mech.

    Keywords

    Exact solution; Third-grade fluid; Thin film flow; Inclined plane; Mechanics

    Abstract

    An exact solution for the thin film flow of a third-grade fluid on an inclined plane is presented. This is a corrected version of the solution obtained by Hayat et al. (Chaos Solitons Fractals 38:1336-1341, 2008). An alternative parametric form for the solution is also derived. The variation of the dimensionless velocity and average velocity is given for a wide range of parameter values. An asymptotic solution for large parameter values is obtained giving rise to a boundary-layer structure at the free surface.

    Journal Title

    Archive of Applied Mechanics

    Volume

    82

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    261

    Last Page

    266

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000299327100010

    ISSN

    0939-1533

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