An analytic solution for the problem of Williams–Brinkmann axisymmetric steady flow in the vicinity of a stagnation point at a blunt body is proposed. The boundary conditions are embedded in the main system of equations by means of the Boubaker polynomials expansion scheme (BPES). These differential equations are solved analytically and yield continuous and differentiable solutions compared to some published ones.
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Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 3, pp. 571–575, May–June, 2011.
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Zhang, D.H., Li, F.W. A Boubaker polynomials expansion scheme (BPES) related analytical solution to the Williams–Brinkmann stagnation point flow equation at a blunt body. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 618–623 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0513-9
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