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Numerical results are presented for the free-convection boundary-layer equations of the Ostwald de-Waele non-Newtonian power-law type fluids near a three-dimensional (3-D) stagnation point of attachment on an isothermal surface. The existence of dual solutions that are three-dimensional in nature have been verified by means of a numerical procedure. An asymptotic solution for very large Prandtl numbers has also been derived. Solutions are presented for a range of values of the geometric curvature parameter c, the power-law index n, and the Prandtl number Pr.
|Item Type:||Journal Article|
|Additional Information:||Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.|
|Keywords:||Free convection boundary layer;stagnation point flow;non-Newtonian fluids;rheology|
|Department/Centre:||Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics|
|Date Deposited:||18 May 2011 07:32|
|Last Modified:||18 May 2011 07:32|
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