Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
785945 International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 2008 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

The stagnation flow towards a shrinking sheet is studied. A similarity transform reduces the Navier–Stokes equations to a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations which are then integrated numerically. Both two-dimensional and axisymmetric stagnation flows are considered. It is found that solutions do not exist for larger shrinking rates and may be non-unique in the two-dimensional case. The non-alignment of the stagnation flow and the shrinking sheet complicates the flow structure. Convective heat transfer decreases with the shrinking rate due to an increase in boundary layer thickness.

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