Steady Three-Dimensional Flow of a Second Grade Fluid towards a Stagnation Point at a Moving Flat Plate

Authors : Serdar BARIŞ

Pages : 21-30

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The problem considered here is the steady three-dimensional flow of a second grade fluid near the stagnation point of an infinite flat plate moving parallel to itself with constant velocity. The basic equations governing flow and heat transfer are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations by using the appropriate transformations for the velocity components and temperature. These equations have been solved approximately subject to the relevant boundary conditions by employing a numerical technique. The effect of a nondimensional elastic parameter, S, on the velocity field and temperature are carefully examined.
Keywords : Second grade fluid, Stagnation point, Viscoelasticity, Boundary layer