Multigrid methods for a semilinear PDE in the theory of pseudoplastic fluids
Abstract
We show that by certain transformations the boundary layer equations for the class of non-Newtonian fluids named pseudoplastic can be generalized in the form the vector differential operator(u) + p(x)u(exp -lambda) = 0, where x is a member of the set Omega and Omega is a subset of R(exp n), n is greater than or equal to 1 under the classical conditions for steady flow over a semi-infinite flat plate. We provide a survey of the existence, uniqueness, and analyticity of the solutions for this problem. We also establish numerical solutions in one- and two-dimensional regions using multigrid methods.
- Publication:
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6th Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods
- Pub Date:
- November 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993mume.conf..231H
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Layer Equations;
- Flat Plates;
- Multigrid Methods;
- Nonnewtonian Fluids;
- Partial Differential Equations;
- Uniqueness;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Steady Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer