Analytical Approximate Solutions and the Approximate Value of Skin Friction Coefficient for the Boundary Layer of Power Law Fluids

SU Xiao-hong; ZHENG Lian-cun; JIANG Feng

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SU Xiao-hong, ZHENG Lian-cun, JIANG Feng. Analytical Approximate Solutions and the Approximate Value of Skin Friction Coefficient for the Boundary Layer of Power Law Fluids[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2008, 29(9): 1101-1106.

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Analytical Approximate Solutions and the Approximate Value of Skin Friction Coefficient for the Boundary Layer of Power Law Fluids

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Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, Hebei 071003, P. R. China;

Received Date: 2008-03-17
Rev Recd Date: 2008-07-15
Publish Date: 2008-09-15

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Abstract

A theoretical analysis for laminar boundary layer flow in power law non-Newtonian fluid was presented. The Adomian analytical decomposition technique was presented and an approximate analytical solution was obtained. The approximate analytical solution can be represented in terms of a rapid convergent power series with elegantly computable terms. The reliability and efficiency of the approximate solution were verified using numerical solutions. Moreover, the approximate solution can be successfully applied to provide the values of skin friction coefficient in the power law non-Newtonian fluid.
- power law fluid,
- nonlinear boundary value problem,
- Adomian decomposition

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