Academic Press Similarity Solutions for the Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of Viscous Fluids, Nanofluids, Porous Media, and Micropolar Fluids

Similarity Solutions for the Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of Viscous Fluids, Nanofluids, Porous Media, and Micropolar Fluids presents new similarity solutions for fluid mechanics problems, including heat transfer of viscous fluids, boundary layer flow, flow in porous media, and nanofluids due to continuous moving surfaces. After discussing several examples of these problems, similarity solutions are derived and solved using the latest proven methods, including bvp4c from MATLAB, the Keller-box method, singularity methods, and more. Numerical solutions and asymptotic results for limiting cases are also discussed in detail to investigate how flow develops at the leading edge and its end behavior. Detailed discussions of mathematical models for boundary layer flow and heat transfer of micro-polar fluid and hybrid nanofluid will help readers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in their research. Relevant background theory will also be provided, thus helping readers solidify their computational work with a better understanding of physical phenomena. Review Presents new similarity solutions for fluid mechanics problems, including heat transfer of viscous fluids, boundary layer flow, and more From the Back Cover Thermal Analysis of Viscous Boundary Layer Flow presents new similarity solutions for fluid mechanics problems including heat transfer of viscous fluids, boundary layer flow, flow in porous media, and nanofluids due to continuous moving surfaces. After discussing several examples of these problems, similarity solutions are derived and then solved using the latest proven methods such as function bvp4c from Matlab, Keller-box method, singularity methods, and more. Numerical solutions and asymptotic results for limiting cases are discussed in detail to investigate how the flow develops at the leading edge and its end behavior. Detailed discussion of the mathematical models for boundary layer flow, and heat transfer of micro-polar fluid and hybrid nanofluid will help readers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in their research. There will also be coverage of the relevant background theory, helping the reader to inform their computational work with a solid understanding of the physical phenomena. About the Author John Merkin is a Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Leeds, UK. His research career started more than 50 years ago, and he has published over 280 documents to date, mainly in the field of fluid mechanics. His current research interests include boundary layer flow, stagnation-point flow, and heat transfer. Ioan Pop is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. He has more than 50 years’ experience of research in fields including fluid mechanics and heat transfer with application to boundary layer theory, heat transfer in Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, magnetohydrodynamics, and convective flow in fluid-saturated porous media. In his career he has co-supervised more than 20 phd students, written 10 books, and co-authored over 850 research journal papers. He is the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Mechanics of the Romanian National Research Council, and serves on the editorial boards of 14 international scholarly journals, and has served on the organizing committee of over 27 conferences. Yian Yian Lok is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Section of the School of Distance Education at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Her research interests include boundary layer flows, Non-Newtonian fluids, convection flows, and stagnation-point flows. In 2006 her research was awarded the ‘Highly Commended Award’ by the Emerald Literati Network. Teodor Grosan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics of Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. His research interests include theoretical mechanics, fluid me