https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11423-y
Regular Article
Application of the Legendre wavelets method to the parallel plate flow of a third grade fluid and forced convection in a porous duct
1
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Department of Mathematics, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, 57000, Sahiwal, Pakistan
* e-mail: sk_iiu@yahoo.com
Received:
26
May
2016
Accepted:
26
February
2017
Published online:
22
March
2017
A method based on Legendre wavelets is presented in this paper to discuss the flow of a third grade fluid between parallel plates and the forced convection in a porous duct. The flow problems are modeled in terms of integral equations which are then solved by the Legendre wavelets method. The comparison between present results and the existing solutions shows that the Legendre wavelets method is a powerful tool for solving nonlinear boundary value problems. We hope this method can be used for solving many interesting problems arising in non-Newtonian fluids.
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