On explicit,purely analytic solutions of off-centered stagnation flow towards a rotating disc by means of HAM

In this article, the off-centered stagnation flow towards a rotating disc is studied analytically. The governing non-linear equations and their associated boundary conditions are transformed into coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations. The series solution of the problem is obtained by utilizing the HAM. The convergence of the obtained series solutions is carefully checked. Graphical results are presented to investigate the influence of the rotation ratio on the flow field. An important point to note is that the non-alignment complicates the flow field and surface shear, but does not affect the torque. It is noted that the behavior of the HAM solution for velocity components is in good agreement with the numerical solution given in reference [C.Y. Wang, Off-centered stagnation flow towards a rotating disc, Int. J. Eng. Sci. 46 (2008) 391–396].     

Series solutions for unsteady laminar MHD flow near forward stagnation point of an impulsively rotating and translating sphere in presence of buoyancy forces

The similarity solution for the unsteady laminar incompressible boundary layer flow of a viscous electrically conducting fluid in stagnation point region of an impulsively rotating and translating sphere with a magnetic field and a buoyancy force gives a system of non-linear partial differential equations. These non-linear differential equations are analytically solved by applying a newly developed method, namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The analytic solutions of the system of non-linear differential equations are constructed in the series form. The convergence of the obtained series solutions is carefully analyzed. Graphical results are presented to investigate the influence of the magnetic parameter, buoyancy parameter and rotation parameter on the surface shear stresses and surface heat transfer. It is noted that the behavior of the HAM solution for the surface shear stresses and surface heat transfer is in good agreement with the numerical solution given in reference [H. S. Takhar, A. J. Chamkha, G. Nath, Unsteady laminar MHD flow and heat transfer in the stagnation region of an impulsively spinning and translating sphere in the presence of buoyancy forces, Heat Mass Transfer 37 (2001) 397].     

HAM solutions for boundary layer flow in the region of the stagnation point towards a stretching sheet

In the present study, we have described the stagnation point flow of a viscous fluid towards a stretching sheet. The complete analytical solution of the boundary layer equation has been obtained by homotopy analysis method (HAM). The solutions are compared with the available numerical results obtained by Nazar et al. [Nazar R, Amin N, Filip D, Pop I. Unsteady boundary layer flow in the region of the stagnation point on a stretching sheet. Int J Eng Sci 2004;42:1241–53] and a good agreement is found. The convergence region is also computed which shows the validity of the HAM solution.     

幂律速度运动表面上磁流体在驻点附近的滑移流动

从理论上研究了具有非线性延伸表面的磁流体在滑移流区的动量传输问题.通过Lie群变换把控制方程组转化为常微分方程组,利用同伦分析方法求得了问题的近似解析解.获得的级数解与文献中的数值解吻合得较好.另外,利用级数解分析滑移参数、磁场强度、速度比率参数、吸入喷注参数和幂律指数对流动的影响.结果显示这些参数对壁剪切力和边界层内流场有较大的影响.     

Fluid accumulation in thin-film flows driven by surface tension and gravity

In this note we derive a model describing the two-dimensional viscous flow driven by surface tension and gravity of a thin liquid film near a stagnation point. In the thin-film approximation of such a flow, accumulation takes place where the combined effects of gravity and surface tension stop the flow. These stagnation points are characterised to leading order by the geometry of the substrate. We first derive the thin-film approximation that describes the flow away from such accumulation regions. Then, assuming the existence of isolated stagnation points, we derive the boundary layer equation describing the inner structure of solutions describing accumulation. The existence of these solutions has been proved by the authors elsewhere. Finally, in order to justify the model we prove the existence of curves that give a substrate with an isolated stagnation point.     

Sakiadis流动的一致有效级数解

通过引入一个变换式,克服了Sakiadis流动中半无限大流动区域以及无穷远处渐近边界条件所带来的数学处理上的困难.基于泛函分析中的不动点理论,采用不动点方法求解了变换后的非线性微分方程,获得了Sakiadis流动的近似解析解.该近似解析解用级数的形式来表达并在整个半无限大流动区域内一致有效.     

A bidimensional phase-field model with convection for change phase of an alloy

The article analyzes a two-dimensional phase-field model for a non-stationary process of solidification of a binary alloy with thermal properties. The model allows the occurrence of fluid flow in non-solid regions, which are a priori unknown, and is thus associated to a free boundary value problem for a highly non-linear system of partial differential equations. These equations are the phase-field equation, the heat equation, the concentration equation and a modified Navier-Stokes equations obtained by the addition of a penalization term of Carman-Kozeny type which accounts for the mushy effects. A proof of existence of weak solutions for such system is given. The problem is firstly approximated and a sequence of approximate solutions is obtained by Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem. A solution is then found by using compactness argument.     

Dense underflow into a lake or reservoir – supercritical flow solutions

Steady two-dimensional flow from an angled structure into a lake or a reservoir where the interface between the intrusion and the ambient fluid separates from a solid wall is considered. The fluid is assumed to be of finite depth and the incoming channel makes a downward angle α with the horizontal axis. This simple configuration provides a model for the plunging inflow and subsequent underflow of dense water in a reservoir or lake. Exact solutions are presented at infinite Froude number and compared with the solutions to the full nonlinear problem for supercritical flow. Limiting flows are found to separate from the upper boundary at a stagnation point, and regions of non-uniqueness in the solution domain are found.     

可渗透壁面上Falkner-Skan磁流体动力学流动的近似解

研究了可渗透壁面上Falkner-Skan磁流体动力学（MHD）边界层流动问题．利用结合了微分变换法（DTM）和Padé近似的DTM-Padé方法,得到了边界层问题的近似解和壁摩擦因数值．通过建立一个迭代程序,边界层问题的近似解被表示为幂级数的形式,而且以图和表形式对不同参数下的近似解结果与打靶法得到的数值结果进行了对比,近似解和数值解结果高度吻合,从而验证了所得问题近似解和结论的可靠性和有效性．并且,对求得的边界层问题近似解结果进行了讨论,分析了不同物理参数对边界层流动的影响．     

Steady laminar boundary layer of a viscous incompressible fluid in a convergent channel with distributed suction at the wall

In this paper an attempt has been made to find the solution of the boundary layer equations for two-dimensional laminar steady motion of a viscous incompressible fluid in a convergent channel (sink flow) with suction at the wall. Suction velocity v₀ (x) ～ 1/x has been imposed at the wall and an approximate solution has been obtained with the help of similarity transformation. A solution valid at a large distance from the wall and a series solution valid near the wall have been obtained and the two solutions have been joined at a suitable point. It is seen that the boundary layer thickness diminishes as the value of the suction parameter\(\lambda ( = v_0 x/\sqrt {u_1 v} )\) increases. The velocity profile and the boundary layer parameters for solid wall (λ = 0) obtained from this solution are found to be in close agreement with the profile and the parameters calculated from the known exact solution for the solid wall problem.     

幂律流体边界层方程的近似解析解和壁摩擦因数的近似值

对幂率流体层流平板边界层的解析解进行了研究．对该问题提供了Adomian分解方法并且推导出了问题的级数形式的近似解析解,该近似解析解具有快速收敛性和易于计算性．对不同的幂率给出了方程的近似解析解和相应的壁摩擦因数近似值,最后对近似解所推出结果和所得壁摩擦因数与文献中的数值解进行了比较验证,证实了该文提出的解析近似方法的准确性和可靠性,说明了该近似解能够应用于提供所研究问题的壁摩擦因数．     

Flow in a waterfall with large Froude number

An approximate method is developed to solve the full nonlinear equations governing two-dimensional irrotational flow in a free waterfall, falling under the influence of gravity, at high Froude number based on conditions far upstream. Schwarz—Christoffel transformation is used to map the region, in the complex potential-plane, onto the upper half-plane. The Hilbert transformation as well as the perturbation technique, for large Froude number, are used as a basis for the approximate solution of the problem. A complete solution, up to second-order approximation, for the downstream free-surfaces profiles, for different Froude number, is discussed and illustrated. The obtained approximate solutions are compared with those of other authors. Favourable agreement with other results suggests that this method is effective in dealing with flow problems strongly influenced by gravity and high Froude number. The results obtained by this method are sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.     

On the similarity solutions for a steady MHD equation

In this paper, we investigate the similarity solutions for the steady laminar incompressible boundary layer equations governing the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow near the forward stagnation point of two-dimensional and axisymmetric bodies. This leads to the study of a boundary value problem involving a third order autonomous ordinary differential equation. Our main results are the existence, uniqueness and non-existence for concave or convex solutions.     

Stagnation slip flow and heat transfer over a nonlinear stretching sheet

Stagnation slip flow and heat transfer characteristics of a viscous fluid over a nonlinear stretching surface has been investigated. The governing partial differential equations are transformed to nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The analytical solution of the nonlinear system is obtained in series form using the very efficient homotopy analysis method (HAM). Convergence of the series solution is shown explicitly. Important features of flow and heat transfer characteristics are plotted and discussed. Comparison is made with existing numerical results when the stagnation‐point and slip effects are excluded. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2011     

Shear stress analysis in axially symmetric flow using the Padé approximation technique

This paper evaluates the shear stress on the surface of a circular cylinder in axially symmetric flow within the boundary layer. An extended solution is obtained by established techniques, e.g. asymptotic series or Pohlhausen method. A Padé approximation technique is applied to the extended solution obtained. The region of validity of the solution is extended and the results are then compared and examined against known approximate Pohlhausen and series solutions. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Dense underflow into a lake or reservoir—Sub-critical flow.

Steady two-dimensional flow of a dense stream down a slight embankment into a lake or a reservoir is considered. The inflowing water is separated from the ambient lake water by a density interface. This work follows on from earlier work in which the flows down a steep incline with a relatively high flow rate were considered. Here, the flow is slow and the entry angle is small, resulting in waves on the interface. The fluid is assumed to be of finite depth and the incoming channel makes an angle α to the horizontal. Limiting flows are found when the fluid separates at a stagnation point or alternatively when the waves reach maximum steepness. The regions in parameter space where such solutions are obtained are delineated for different flow conditions.     

Nonlinear diffusion of impurities in semiconductors

We study the concentration-dependent diffusion of dopant impurities into semiconductors. In particular, we examine the two-dimensional diffusion in the vicinity of a mask. Numerical solutions are obtained for dopant diffusion with fixed-total-concentration and with constant-surface-concentration. For the fixed-total-concentration case, we also obtain approximate power series solutions. Our numerical and approximate results are compared with analytical and numerical results obtained by other investigators.     

ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SONIC-SUBSONIC FLOW

In this paper, a compensated compactness framework is established for sonicsubsonic approximate solutions to the n-dimensional (n ≥ 2) Euler equations for steady irrotational flow that may contain stagnation points. This compactness framework holds provided that the approximate solutions are uniformly bounded and satisfy H 1 loc (Ω) compactness conditions. As illustration, we show the existence of sonic-subsonic weak solution to n-dimensional (n ≥ 2) Euler equations for steady irrotational flow past obstacles or through an infinitely long nozzle. This is the first result concerning the sonic-subsonic limit for n-dimension (n ≥ 3).     

Projection and projection-difference methods for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations

The projection and projection-difference methods for the approximate solution of the nonlinear unsteady Navier-Stokes equations in a bounded two-dimensional region are studied. Asymptotic estimates for the convergence rate of the approximate solutions and the time and space derivatives in the uniform topology are obtained.     

Lie group analysis of the axisymmetric flow

The non-linear equations of motion describing the incompressible axisymmetric flow in a flexible and extensible circular cylindrical tube is considered. By employing Lie theory, the full one-parameter infinitesimal transformation group leaving the equations of motion invariant is derived along with its associated Lie algebra. Subgroups of the full group are then used to obtain a reduction by one in the number of independent variable in the system. These reductions are continued until a system of ordinary differential equations is reached. A series type approximate solution of these ordinary differential equations is obtained which leads to a series type approximate solutions in R²{0} to momentum equations.