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Axisymmetric Stagnation Flow of a Micropolar Fluid on a Cylinder
Author(s) -
Guram G. S.,
Kamal M. Anwar
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/zamm.19880680618
Subject(s) - stagnation temperature , cylinder , rotational symmetry , mechanics , stagnation pressure , stagnation point , dimensionless quantity , flow (mathematics) , newtonian fluid , mathematics , fluid dynamics , classical mechanics , physics , geometry , heat transfer , mach number
Abstract Axisymmetric stagnation flow of a micropolar fluid, in contact with an infinite circular cylinder, and tending to potential flow at infinity, with a stagnation line on the cylinder, is considered. The equations of motion ae reduced to dimensionless forms and solved numerically using the Gauss‐Seidel iterative procedure and Simpson's rule, for three different combinations of the three parameters involved and for the range 0.2 to 100 of the fourth parameter. Results are given in the tabular form and compared with the known results for a Newtonian fluid. The accuracy o the numerical solutions is checked using different grid sizes. This type of stagnation flow has applications in certain cooling processes.