2020/11/13 by Fazio, Riccardo
#34B15 #65L08 #65L10 #FOS: Mathematics #Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.09662
In this paper, we define a non-iterative transformation method for boundary-layer flows of non-Newtonian fluids past a flat plate. The problem to be solved is an extended Blasius problem depending on a parameter. This method allows us to solve numerically the extended Blasius problem by solving a related initial value problem and then rescaling the obtained numerical solution. Therefore, it is a non-iterative initial value method. We find that our computed numerical results, for a wide range of the parameter involved, are in very good agreement with the data reported in the literature.