Unsteady hydromagnetic rotating flow of a conducting second grade fluid

The purpose of this work is to investigate the hydromagnetic oscillatory flow of a fluid bounded by a porous plate, when the entire system rotates about an axis normal to the plate. The fluid is assumed to be non-Newtonian (second grade), incompressible and electrically conducting. The magnetic field is applied transversely to the direction of the flow. Such a flow model has great significance not only of its theoretical interest, but also for applications to geophysics and engineering. The resulting initial value problem has been solved analytically for steady and unsteady cases. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the flow field is appreciably influenced by the material parameter of the second grade fluid, the applied magnetic field, the imposed frequency, rotation and suction and blowing parameters. It is observed in a second grade fluid that a steady asymptotic hydromagnetic solution exists for blowing and resonance which is different from the hydrodynamic situation.  

Soft set theory based on its extension

In this paper, we point out a defect that the definitions of soft subset and soft intersection in Maji’s paper are partial definitions, and then we introduce extension of soft set to redefine and simplify operations between soft sets. At last, we obtain some algebraic properties of new soft operations.  

Monitoring process variability using auxiliary information

In this study a Shewhart type control chart namely V _r chart is proposed for improved monitoring of process variability (targeting large shifts) of a quality characteristic of interest Y. The proposed control chart is based on regression type estimator of variance using a single auxiliary variable X. It is assumed that (Y, X) follow a bivariate normal distribution. The design structure of V _r chart is developed and its comparison is made with the well-known Shewhart control chart namely S ² chart used for the same purpose. Using power curves as a performance measure it is observed that V _r chart outperforms the S ² chart for detecting moderate to large shifts, which is main target of Shewhart type control charts, in process variability under certain conditions on ρ _yx . These efficiency conditions on ρ _yx are also obtained for V _r chart in this study.  

Mixed quasi complementarity problems in topological vector spaces

In this paper, we introduce and consider a new class of complementarity problems, which is called the mixed quasi complementarity problems in a topological vector space. We show that the mixed quasi complementarity problems are equivalent to the mixed quasi variational inequalities. Using the KKM mapping theorem, we study the existence of a solution of the mixed quasi variational inequalities and mixed quasi complementarity problems. Several special cases are also discussed. Results obtained in this paper can be viewed as extension and generalization of the previously known results.  

A process variability control chart

In this study a Shewhart type control chart namely the V _t chart, is proposed for improved monitoring of the process variability of a quality characteristic of interest Y. The proposed control chart is based on the ratio type estimator of the variance using a single auxiliary variable X. It is assumed that (Y, X) follows a bivariate normal distribution. The design structure of the V _t chart is developed for Phase-I quality control and its comparison is made with those of the S ² chart (a well-known Shewhart control chart) and the V _r chart (a Shewhart type control chart proposed by Riaz (Comput Stat, 2008a) used for the same purpose. It is observed that the proposed V _t chart outperforms the S ² and V _r charts, in terms of discriminatory power, for detecting moderate to large shifts in the process variability. It is observed that the performance of the V _t chart keeps improving with an increase in |ρ _yx | , where ρ _yx is the correlation between Y and X.  

Spectral methods for pantograph-type differential and integral equations with multiple delays

We analyze the convergence properties of the spectral method when used to approximate smooth solutions of delay differential or integral equations with two or more vanishing delays. It is shown that for the pantograph-type functional equations the spectral methods yield the familiar exponential order of convergence. Various numerical examples are used to illustrate these results.   

Effects of an endoscope and magnetic field on the peristalsis involving Jeffrey fluid

This paper looks at the influence of an endoscope on the peristaltic flow of a Jeffrey fluid through tubes. The considered fluid is incompressible and electrically conducting. The governing partial differential equations are modeled. Exact analytic solutions for velocity components and pressure gradient are established under long wavelength assumption. Numerical calculations are carried out for the pressure rise and frictional forces. The features of the flow characteristics are analyzed by plotting graphs and discussed in detail.  

On an iterative method for solving absolute value equations

We suggest an iterative method for solving absolute value equation Ax − |x| = b, where \({A\in R^{n\times n}}\) is symmetric matrix and \({b\in R^{n}}\), coupled with the minimization technique. We also discuss the convergence of the proposed method. Some examples are given to illustrate the implementation and efficiency of the method.  

General variational inequalities and nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we suggest and analyze some three-step iterative schemes for finding the common elements of the set of the solutions of the Noor variational inequalities involving two nonlinear operators and the set of the fixed points of nonexpansive mappings. We also consider the convergence analysis of the suggested iterative schemes under some mild conditions. Since the Noor variational inequalities include variational inequalities and complementarity problems as special cases, results obtained in this paper continue to hold for these problems. Results obtained in this paper may be viewed as an refinement and improvement of the previously known results.