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A similarity solution for viscous source flow on a vertical plane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1997

B. R. DUFFY  and
H. K. MOFFATT
B. R. DUFFY
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK
H. K. MOFFATT
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
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Abstract

A thin-film approximation is used in an analysis of the flow of a thin trickle of viscous fluid down a near-vertical plane. An approximate similarity solution is obtained, representing essentially a source (or sink) flow. Several interpretations of the solution are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 37 - 47
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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