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Dual solutions in mixed convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

G. Wilks  and
J. S. Bramley
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Synopsis

Dual similarity solutions in the context of mixed convection are presented. In contrast to the Falkner–Skan solutions the bifurcation point is found to be distinct from the point of vanishing skin friction. The eigenvalue problem arising out of a stability analysis of these solutions is examined numerically. The numerical evidence would seem to indicate that the margin of stability is associated with the onset of reverse flow as opposed to the bifurcation point, as conjectured by Banks and Drazin in 1973.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 87 , Issue 3-4 , 1981 , pp. 349 - 358
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1981

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