Boundary Layer Flow over a Continuously Moving Thin Needle in a Parallel Free Stream

¹School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia ²Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cluj, R-3400 Cluj, CP 253, Romania

Received Date: July 09, 2007

Published Date: September 30, 2007

Abstract

We investigate the boundary-layer flow on a moving isothermal thin needle parallel to a moving stream. The governing equations are solved numerically by a finite-difference method. Dual solutions are found to exist when the needle and the free stream move in the opposite directions.

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