Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in stagnation point flow in a porous medium

    Authors

    R. A. Van Gorder;K. Vajravelu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Acta Mech.

    Keywords

    FALKNER-SKAN EQUATION; BOUNDARY-LAYER THEORY; PLATE; Mechanics

    Abstract

    We establish existence and uniqueness results over the semi-infinite interval [0, a) for a class of nonlinear third-order ordinary differential equations arising in the stagnation point flow in a porous medium.

    Journal Title

    Acta Mechanica

    Volume

    210

    Issue/Number

    3-4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2010

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    215

    Last Page

    220

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000274383900002

    ISSN

    0001-5970

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