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An approximate solution of the MHD Falkner-Skan flow by Hermite functions pseudospectral method (1008.2322v2)
Published 13 Aug 2010 in math-ph, cs.CE, math.MP, math.NA, physics.comp-ph, and physics.flu-dyn
Abstract: Based on a new approximation method, namely pseudospectral method, a solution for the three order nonlinear ordinary differential laminar boundary layer Falkner-Skan equation has been obtained on the semi-infinite domain. The proposed approach is equipped by the orthogonal Hermite functions that have perfect properties to achieve this goal. This method solves the problem on the semi-infinite domain without truncating it to a finite domain and transforming domain of the problem to a finite domain. In addition, this method reduces solution of the problem to solution of a system of algebraic equations. We also present the comparison of this work with numerical results and show that the present method is applicable.