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Steady two-dimensional stagnation-point flow of an incompressible viscous fluid over a flat deformable sheet is investigated when the sheet is stretched in its own plane with a velocity proportional to the distance from the stagnation-point. It is shown that for a fluid of small kinematic viscosity, a boundary layer is formed when the stretching velocity is less than the free stream velocity and an inverted boundary layer is formed when the stretching velocity exceeds the free stream velocity. Temperature distribution in the boundary layer is found when the surface is held at constant temperature and surface heat flux is determined.
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Received on 12 July 2000 / Published online: 29 November 2001
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Mahapatra, T., Gupta, A. Heat transfer in stagnation-point flow towards a stretching sheet. Heat and Mass Transfer 38, 517–521 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310100215
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310100215