›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (9): 90203-090203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/9/090203

• GENERAL • 上一篇    下一篇

Group solution for an unsteady non-Newtonian Hiemenz flow with variable fluid properties and suction/injection

H. M. El-Hawarya, Mostafa A. A. Mahmoudb, Reda G. Abdel-Rahmanb, Abeer S. Elfeshaweyb   

  1. a Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Assuit 71516, Egypt;
    b Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
  • 收稿日期:2013-10-28 修回日期:2014-03-28 出版日期:2014-09-15 发布日期:2014-09-15

Group solution for an unsteady non-Newtonian Hiemenz flow with variable fluid properties and suction/injection

H. M. El-Hawarya, Mostafa A. A. Mahmoudb, Reda G. Abdel-Rahmanb, Abeer S. Elfeshaweyb   

  1. a Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Assuit 71516, Egypt;
    b Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
  • Received:2013-10-28 Revised:2014-03-28 Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15
  • Contact: Abeer S. Elfeshawey E-mail:abeer_elfeshawey@yahoo.com

摘要: The theoretic transformation group approach is applied to address the problem of unsteady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid near a stagnation point with variable viscosity and thermal conductivity. The application of a two-parameter group method reduces the number of independent variables by two, and consequently the governing partial differential equations with the boundary conditions transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations with the appropriate corresponding conditions. Two systems of ordinary differential equations have been solved numerically using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm with a shooting technique. The effects of various parameters governing the problem are investigated.

关键词: non-Newtonian fluid, stagnation point, two-parameter group method, variable viscosity

Abstract: The theoretic transformation group approach is applied to address the problem of unsteady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid near a stagnation point with variable viscosity and thermal conductivity. The application of a two-parameter group method reduces the number of independent variables by two, and consequently the governing partial differential equations with the boundary conditions transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations with the appropriate corresponding conditions. Two systems of ordinary differential equations have been solved numerically using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm with a shooting technique. The effects of various parameters governing the problem are investigated.

Key words: non-Newtonian fluid, stagnation point, two-parameter group method, variable viscosity

中图分类号:  (Ordinary and partial differential equations; boundary value problems)

  • 02.60.Lj
02.60.Cb (Numerical simulation; solution of equations) 31.15.xh (Group-theoretical methods)