Application of Successive Linearisation Method to Squeezing Flow with Bifurcation

This paper employs the computational approach known as successive linearization method (SLM) to tackle a fourth order nonlinear differential equation modelling the transient flow of an incompressible viscous fluid between two parallel plates produced by a simple wall motion. Numerical and graphical...

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Main Authors: S. S. Motsa, O. D. Makinde, S. Shateyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Mathematical Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/410620
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Summary:This paper employs the computational approach known as successive linearization method (SLM) to tackle a fourth order nonlinear differential equation modelling the transient flow of an incompressible viscous fluid between two parallel plates produced by a simple wall motion. Numerical and graphical results obtained show excellent agreement with the earlier results reported in the literature. We obtain solution branches as well as a turning point in the flow field accurately. A comparison with numerical results generated using the inbuilt MATLAB boundary value solver, bvp4c, demonstrates that the SLM approach is a very efficient technique for tackling highly nonlinear differential equations of the type discussed in this paper.
ISSN:1687-9120
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