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A study of the GAM approach to solve laminar boundary layer equations in the presence of a wedge
Applied Mathematical Sciences
  • Rahmat Ali Khan, University of Malakand, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Usman, University of Dayton
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract

We apply an easy and simple technique, the generalized ap- proximation method (GAM) to investigate the temperature field associated with the Falkner-Skan boundary-layer problem. The nonlinear partial differ- ential equations are transformed to nonlinear ordinary differential equations using the similarity transformations. An iterative scheme for the non-linear ordinary differential equations associated with the velocity and temperature profiles are developed via GAM. Numerical results for the dimensionless ve- locity and temperature profiles of the wedge flow are presented graphically for different values of the wedge angle and Prandtl number.

Inclusive pages
5947 - 5958
Document Version
Published Version
Comments

Articles in Applied Mathematical Sciences are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY).

Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher
Hikari Ltd.
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Keywords
  • Falkner-Skan equation; Heat transfer; approximation method;GAM
Citation Information
Rahmat Ali Khan and Muhammad Usman. "A study of the GAM approach to solve laminar boundary layer equations in the presence of a wedge" Applied Mathematical Sciences Vol. 6 Iss. 120 (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/muhammad_usman/9/