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Viscous flow due to a shrinking sheet

Author(s): M. Miklavcic; C. Y. Wang
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 64 (2006), 283-290.
MSC (2000): Primary 76D03, 76D05, 34B15
Posted: April 6, 2006
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Abstract: The viscous flow induced by a shrinking sheet is studied. Existence and (non)uniqueness are proved. Exact solutions, both numerical and in closed form, are found.


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Additional Information:

M. Miklavcic
Affiliation: Dept. of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Email: milan@math.msu.edu

C. Y. Wang
Affiliation: Dept. of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Email: cywang@math.msu.edu
PII: S0033-569X-06-01002-5
Received by editor(s): July 6, 2005
Posted: April 6, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, Brown University
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