Title

Bounds, monotonicity, uniqueness, and analytical calculation of a class of similarity solutions for the fluid flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet

Authors

Authors

R. A. Van Gorder

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Math. Meth. Appl. Sci.

Keywords

nonlinearly stretching sheet; existence result; uniqueness result; shooting parameter; analytical method; CONTINUOUS SOLID SURFACES; VISCOUS-FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL-EQUATION; SHRINKING SHEET; LAYER EQUATIONS; HEAT-TRANSFER; BRANCH; PLATE; DIFFUSION; EXISTENCE; Mathematics, Applied

Abstract

Invoking some estimates obtained in [F.T. Akyildiz et al., Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 33 (2010) 601-606] (which presented an alternate method of proof for the present problem), we correct the parameter regime considered in [R.A. Van Gorder, K. Vajravelu, and F. T. Akyildiz, Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in viscous flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet, Applied Mathematics Letters 24 (2011) 238-242] and add some details, which were omitted in the original proof. After this is done, we formulate a more elegant method of proof, converting the nonlinear ODE into a first nonlinear order system. This gives us a more natural way to view the problem and lends insight into the behavior of the solutions. Finally, we give a new way to approximate the shooting parameter =f(0) analytically, through minimization of the L-2([0,)) norm of residual errors. This approximation demonstrates the behavior of the parameter we expect from the proved theorems, as well as from numerical simulations. In this way, we obtain a concise analytical approximation to the similarity solution. In summary, from this analysis, we find that monotonicity of solutions and their derivatives is essential in determining uniqueness, and these monotone solutions can be approximated analytically in a fairly simple way. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Journal Title

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volume

38

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

685

Last Page

690

WOS Identifier

WOS:000348847200011

ISSN

0170-4214

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