BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW OF A MICROPOLAR FLUID DUE TO A STRETCHING WALL

Authors
Citation
Ty. Na et I. Pop, BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW OF A MICROPOLAR FLUID DUE TO A STRETCHING WALL, Archive of applied mechanics, 67(4), 1997, pp. 229-236
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
ISSN journal
09391533
Volume
67
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
229 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-1533(1997)67:4<229:BFOAMF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A Theoretical analysis is carried out to study the boundary-layer flow over a continuously moving surface through an otherwise quiescent mic ropolar fluid. The transformed boundary-layer equations are solved num erically for a power-law surface velocity using the Keller-box method. The effects of the micropolar K and exponent m parameters on the velo city and microrotation field as well as on the skin-friction group are discussed in a detailed manner. It is shown that there is a near-simi larity solution of this problem. The accuracy of the present solution is also discussed.