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This study derives the analytic solutions of boundary layer flows bounded by a shrinking sheet. With the similarity transformations, the partial differential equations are reduced into the ordinary differential equations which are then solved by the homotopy analysis method (HAM). Two-dimensional and axisymmetric shrinking flow cases are discussed.
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Nadeem, S., Hussain, A., Malik, M.Y. et al. Series solutions for the stagnation flow of a second-grade fluid over a shrinking sheet. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 30, 1255–1262 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-009-1005-6
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