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Homotopy Simulation Of Dissipative Micropolar Flow And Heat Transfer From A Two-Dimensional Body With Heat Sink Effect: Applications In Polymer Coating, O. A. Bég, B. Vasu, A. K. Ray, T. A. Beg, A. Kadir, H. J. Leonard, Rama S. R. Gorla
Homotopy Simulation Of Dissipative Micropolar Flow And Heat Transfer From A Two-Dimensional Body With Heat Sink Effect: Applications In Polymer Coating, O. A. Bég, B. Vasu, A. K. Ray, T. A. Beg, A. Kadir, H. J. Leonard, Rama S. R. Gorla
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Non-Newtonian flow from a wedge constitutes a fundamental problem in chemical engineering systems and is relevant to processing of polymers, coating systems, etc. Motivated by such applications, the homotopy analysis method (HAM) was employed to obtain semi-analytical solutions for thermal convection boundary layer flow of incompressible micropolar fluid from a two-dimensional body (wedge). Viscous dissipation and heat sink effects were included. The non-dimensional boundary value problem emerges as a system of nonlinear coupled ordinary differential equations, by virtue of suitable coordinate transformations. The so-called Falkner-Skan flow cases are elaborated. Validation of the HAM solutions was achieved with earlier simpler models, …