Dual solutions of Casson fluid flows over a power-law stretching sheet
- Authors: Haldar S.1, Mukhopadhyay S.1, Layek G.C.1
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Affiliations:
- Department of Mathematics
- Issue: Vol 58, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 629-634
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0021-8944/article/view/160203
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S002189441704006X
- ID: 160203
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Abstract
A steady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian Casson fluid over a power-law stretching sheet is investigated. A self-similar form of the governing equation is obtained, and numerical solutions are found for various values of the governing parameters. The solutions depend on the fluid material parameter. Dual solutions are obtained for some particular range of these parameters. The fluid velocity is found to decrease as the power-law stretching parameter β in the rheological Casson equation increases. At large values of β, the skin friction coefficient and the velocity profile across the boundary layer for the Casson fluid tend to those for the Newtonian fluid.
About the authors
S. Haldar
Department of Mathematics
Author for correspondence.
Email: samu_haldar@yahoo.in
India, Burdwan, 713104
S. Mukhopadhyay
Department of Mathematics
Email: samu_haldar@yahoo.in
India, Burdwan, 713104
G. C. Layek
Department of Mathematics
Email: samu_haldar@yahoo.in
India, Burdwan, 713104