The Falkner-Skan equation: Numerical solutions within group invariance theory

DOI10.1007/BF02575722zbMath0835.76023MaRDI QIDQ1901531

Riccardo Fazio

Publication date: 15 April 1996

Published in: Calcolo (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

convergenceinitial value problemswall shear stressFalkner-Skan equationiterative transformation methodfree boundary formulationHiemenz flowboundary condition at infinityHomann flowflow past wedge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Numerical solution of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L10)

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Uses Software

• IMSL Numerical Libraries

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