Flow of a power-law fluid with memory past an infinite plate

Abstract

We examined the flow of a power law fluid with a non-constant relaxation λt^b past an infinite plate. When λ is zero the fluid is pseudoplastic and when the power law exponent is 1, the fluid is a Maxwell fluid. It is shown that the problem has a solution when 0 < n ≤ 1. Moreover, we show that momentum penetration decreases with λ.


Journal of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics Vol. 8 2004: pp. 161-162