Title

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

Authors

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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