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Rotating flow of a second-order fluid on a porous plate

2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 39; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0020-7462(03)00040-4

1878-5638

Tasawar Hayat, Kolumban Hutter,

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

A study is made of the unsteady flow engendered in a second-order incompressible, rotating fluid by an infinite porous plate exhibiting non-torsional oscillation of a given frequency. The porous character of the plate and the non-Newtonian effect of the fluid increase the order of the partial differential equation (it increases up to third order). The solution of the initial value problem is obtained by the method of Laplace transform. The effect of material parameters on the flow is given explicitly and several limiting cases are deduced. It is found that a non-Newtonian effect is present in the velocity field for both the unsteady and steady-state cases. Once again for a second-order fluid, it is also found that except for the resonant case the asymptotic steady solution exists for blowing. Furthermore, the structure of the associated boundary layers is determined.