Similarity Solutions for the Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of Viscous Fluids, Nanofluids, Porous Media, and Micropolar Fluids

Table of Contents

1. Basic equations and mathematical methods
2. Viscous fluids
3. Stretching/shrinking sheets near a stagnation-point flow in viscous fluids
4. Nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids
5. Stretching/shrinking sheets in nanofluids
6. Mixed convection flow in porous medium
7. Convective flows with heat generation in porous media
8. Micropolar fluids over a moving surface
9. Jets

Authors

John H. Merkin Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, UK. John Merkin is a Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Leeds, UK. His research career started more than 50 years ago, and he has published over 280 documents to date, mainly in the field of fluid mechanics. His current research interests include boundary layer flow, stagnation-point flow, and heat transfer. Ioan Pop Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. Ioan Pop is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. He has more than 50 years' experience of research in fields including fluid mechanics and heat transfer with application to boundary layer theory, heat transfer in Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, magnetohydrodynamics, and convective flow in fluid-saturated porous media. In his career he has co-supervised more than 20 phd students, written 10 books, and co-authored over 850 research journal papers. He is the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Mechanics of the Romanian National Research Council, and serves on the editorial boards of 14 international scholarly journals, and has served on the organizing committee of over 27 conferences. Yian Yian Lok Associate Professor, Mathematics Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Yian Yian Lok is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Section of the School of Distance Education at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Her research interests include boundary layer flows, Non-Newtonian fluids, convection flows, and stagnation-point flows. In 2006 her research was awarded the 'Highly Commended Award' by the Emerald Literati Network. Teodor Grosan Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics of Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. Teodor Grosan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics of Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. His research interests include theoretical mechanics, fluid mechanics, porous environments, and heat transfer.