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On the reversed flow solutions of the Falkner-Skan equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

S. N. Brown  and
K. Stewartson
S. N. Brown
Affiliation:
University College, Gower Street, London, W.C.1.
K. Stewartson
Affiliation:
University College, Gower Street, London, W.C.1.

Abstract

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The dependence of the skin friction on the parameter β for the reversed flow solutions found by Stewartson of the Falkner-Skan equation f′′′ + ff″ + β (1−f′2)=0 is determined in the limit as β→0−.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , June 1966 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1966

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