Falkner–Skan wedge flow of a power-law fluid with mixed convection and porous medium

This article describes the mixed convection flow of a non-Newtonian fluid past a wedge. An incompressible power-law fluid occupies the porous space. The arising mathematical problem has been solved by homotopy analysis method (HAM). Convergence of the derived solution is checked. The local skin fric...

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Published in:Computers & fluids 2011-10, Vol.49 (1), p.22-28
Main Authors: Hayat, T., Hussain, Majid, Nadeem, S., Mesloub, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational fluid dynamics
Convection
Convergence
Exact sciences and technology
Flows through porous media
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluids
Friction
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Homotopy analysis method
Incompressible flow
Mathematical models
Mixed convection flow
Non-newtonian fluid flows
Nonhomogeneous flows
Physics
Porous space
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Summary:This article describes the mixed convection flow of a non-Newtonian fluid past a wedge. An incompressible power-law fluid occupies the porous space. The arising mathematical problem has been solved by homotopy analysis method (HAM). Convergence of the derived solution is checked. The local skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number are also discussed.
ISSN:0045-7930
1879-0747
DOI:10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.01.020