Title

Analytical solutions of a coupled nonlinear system arising in a flow between stretching disks

Authors

Authors

R. A. Van Gorder; E. Sweet;K. Vajravelu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Math. Comput.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; Similarity solution; Stretching disk; Analytical solution; Numerical solution; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; CONTINUOUS SOLID SURFACES; BOUNDARY-LAYER; EQUATIONS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD; SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS; FLAT SURFACE; CHANNEL; FLUID; WALL; BEHAVIOR; Mathematics, Applied

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the axi-symmetric flow between two infinite stretching disks. By using a similarity transformation, we reduce the governing Navier-Stokes equations to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. We first obtain analytical solutions via a four-term perturbation method for small and large values of the Reynolds number R. Also, we apply the Homotopy Analysis Method (which may be used for all values of R) to obtain analytical solutions. These solutions converge over a larger range of values of the Reynolds number than the perturbation solutions. Our results agree well with the numerical results of Fang and Zhang [22]. Furthermore, we obtain the analytical solutions valid for moderate values of R by use of Homotopy Analysis. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volume

216

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1513

Last Page

1523

WOS Identifier

WOS:000276813100016

ISSN

0096-3003

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