Advancement of a Second-Order Fluid over an Infinite Flat Plate

Abstract

An attempt is made to study the effects of elastico-viscosity and cross-viscosity of a Second-order fluid on its advancement over an infinite flat plate. The cross-viscous forces modify the pressure but do not alter the boundary layer thickness or the velocity profile. The elastico-viscous effect is shown to depend upon a dimensionless parameter K. Numerical computation shows that an increase in elastico-viscosity of the fluid increases the boundary layer thickness and skin friction on the plate.