Transient film profile of thin liquid film flow on a stretching surface

In this paper we have studied a non-planar thin liquid film flow on a planar stretching surface. The stretching surface is assumed to stretch impulsively from rest and the effect of inertia of the liquid is considered. Equations describing the laminar flow on the stretching surface are solved analytically. It is observed that faster stretching causes quicker thinning of the film on the stretching surface. Velocity distribution in the liquid film and the transient film profile as functions of time are obtained.     

Biomagnetic fluid flow over a stretching sheet with non linear temperature dependent magnetization

The flow of a heated ferrofluid over a linearly stretching sheet is studied in the pres- ence of an applied magnetic field due to a magnetic dipole. It is assumed that the applied magnetic field is sufficiently strong to saturate the ferrofluid and the variation of magnetization with temperature can be approximated by a non linear function of temperature difference. By introducing appropriate non dimensional variables the problem is described by a coupled and non linear system of ordinary differential equations with its boundary conditions which is solved numerically by applying an efficient numerical technique based on the common finite difference method. The obtained results are presented graphically for different values of the parameters entering into the problem under consideration and the dependence of the flow field from these parameters is discussed. A comparative study, with a similar problem which has already been solved and documented in literature, is also made wherever necessary, emphasizing the impor- tance of the non-linear variation of magnetization with temperature. Emphasis is also given in the obtained results for Prandtl number equal to 21 and critical exponent = 0.368 which are important and interesting in Biomagnetic Fluid Dynamics.     

Crocco variable formulation for uniform shear flow over a stretching surface with transpiration: Multiple solutions and stability

The simultaneous effects of transpiration through and tangential movement of a semi-infinite flat plate on the self-similar boundary layer flow driven by uniform shear in the far field is considered. Difficulties with standard shooting techniques are overcome using Crocco variables which also serve to better elucidate the solution structure. The stabilities of dual, triple and even quadruple steady flow solutions encountered in different ranges of plate stretching and wall stress are determined using a linear temporal stability analysis for the self-similar flow.      

Lie group analysis of unsteady MHD three dimensional by natural convection from an inclined stretching surface saturated porous medium

Lie group method is investigated for solving the problem of heat transfer in an unsteady, three-dimensional, laminar, boundary-layer flow of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid over inclined permeable surface embedded in porous medium in the presence of a uniform magnetic field and heat generation/absorption effects. A uniform magnetic field is applied in the y-direction and a generalized flow model is presented to include the effects of the macroscopic viscous term and the microscopic permeability of porous medium. The infinitesimal generators accepted by the equations are calculated and the extension of the Lie algebra for the problem is also presented. The restrictions imposed by the boundary conditions on the generators are calculated. The investigation of the three-independent-variable partial differential equations is converted into a two-independent-variable system by using one subgroup of the general group. The resulting equations are solved numerically with the perturbation solution for various times. Velocity, temperature and pressure profiles, surface shear stresses, and wall-heat transfer rate are discussed for various values of Prandtl number, Hartmann number, Darcy number, heat generation/absorption coefficient, and surface mass-transfer coefficient.     

A justification for the thin film approximation of Stokes flow with surface tension

In the free boundary problem of Stokes flow driven by surface tension, we pass to the limit of small layer thickness. It is rigorously shown that in this limit the evolution is given by the well-known thin film equation. The main techniques are appropriate scaling and uniform energy estimates in Sobolev spaces of sufficiently high order, based on parabolicity.     

On Stokes flow with variable and degenerate surface tension coefficient

Short-time existence, uniqueness, and regularity results are shown for the moving boundary problem of a free drop of liquid governed by the Stokes equations and driven by surface tension. The value of the surface tension coefficient is variable, not necessarily strictly positive, and transported with the flow on the moving surface.By a perturbation of identity approach, the problem is transformed into a nonlinear, nonlocal first order degenerate parabolic evolution equation on a fixed reference manifold. Its solvability is proved by deriving a priori estimates and using Galerkin approximations.     

Two-dimensional problems of stationary flow of a noncompressible viscous fluid in the case of Ossen's linearization

Two-dimensional boundary value problems of flow of a viscous micropolar fluid are investigated in the case of linearization by Oseen's method.     

Stokes slip flow between corrugated walls

Stokes flow between corrugated plates in microdomains has been analyzed using a perturbation method. This approach used the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, but the velocity-slip is present along the solid-fluid interface. For the slip flow regime, if we introduce Knudsen number (K _n) herein, 0.01 K _n 0.1, the total flow rate is increasing as a ratio of 1 + 6K _nto no-slip Stokes flow. If we consider fixedK _ncases, the corrugations still decrease the flow rate, consideringO(²) terms, and the decrease is maximum as the phase shift becomes 180 °.     

Existence of weak solutions for a non-classical sharp interface model for a two-phase flow of viscous,incompressible fluids

We introduce a new sharp interface model for the flow of two immiscible, viscous, incompressible fluids. In contrast to classical models for two-phase flows we prescribe an evolution law for the interfaces that takes diffusional effects into account. This leads to a coupled system of Navier–Stokes and Mullins–Sekerka type parts that coincides with the asymptotic limit of a diffuse interface model. We prove the long-time existence of weak solutions, which is an open problem for the classical two-phase model. We show that the phase interfaces have in almost all points a generalized mean curvature.     

Local strong solution to the compressible viscoelastic flow with large data

The existence and uniqueness of local in time strong solution with large initial data for the three-dimensional compressible viscoelastic flow is established. The strong solution has weaker regularity than the classical solution. The Lax-Milgram theorem and the Schauder-Tychonoff fixed-point argument are applied.     

Smooth zero-contact-angle solutions to a thin-film equation around the steady state

In the simplest case of a linearly degenerate mobility, we view the thin-film equation as a classical free boundary problem. Our focus is on the regularity of solutions and of their free boundary in the “complete wetting” regime, which prescribes zero slope at the free boundary. In order to rule out of the analysis possible changes in the topology of the positivity set, we zoom into the free boundary by looking at perturbations of the stationary solution. Our strategy is based on a priori energy-type estimates which provide “minimal” conditions on the initial datum under which a unique global solution exists. In fact, this solution turns out to be smooth for positive times and to converge to the stationary solution for large times. As a consequence, we obtain smoothness and large-time behavior of the free boundary.     

Reproductivity for a nematic liquid crystal model

In this paper we prove existence of weak solution with the reproductivity in time property, for a penalized PDE’s system related to a nematic liquid crystal model. This problem is relatively explict when time-independent Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed for the orientation of crystal molecules. Nevertheless, for the time-dependent case, the treatment of the problem is completely different. The verification of a maximum principle for weak reproductive solutions is fundamental in the argument. Finally, the relation between reproductive and periodic in time (regular) solutions will be pointed out, differenting the 2D and 3D cases. Basically, in two-dimensional domains every reproductive solution is regular and time periodic, whereas the problem remains open for three-dimensional domains.     

The asymptotically additive topological pressure on the irregular set for asymptotically additive potentials

Given a continuous dynamical system (X,T) with the specification property, and a sequence of asymptotically additive continuous functions, we consider the irregular set for it and show that this set is either empty or carries full asymptotically additive topological pressure.     

Global regularity results for the 2D Boussinesq equations with vertical dissipation

This paper furthers the study of Adhikari et al. (2010) [2] on the global regularity issue concerning the 2D Boussinesq equations with vertical dissipation and vertical thermal diffusion. It is shown here that the vertical velocity v of any classical solution in the Lebesgue space Lq with 2?q<∞ is bounded by C₁q for C₁ independent of q. This bound significantly improves the previous exponential bound. In addition, we prove that, if v satisfies , then the associated solution of the 2D Boussinesq equations preserve its smoothness on [0,T]. In particular, implies global regularity.     

Tutorial on analytical methods as a complement to numerical computing

The importance of using analytical methods is taught through the discussion of an example, where the analytical treatment of a partial differential equation provides not only a suitable time scale and an asymptotic solution, but also information important for the accuracy of the numerical solution.Dedicated to Peter Naur on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

On a Morse conjecture for analytic flows on compact surfaces

The aim of this paper is to prove a Morse conjecture; in particular it is shown that a topologically transitive analytic flow on a compact surface is metrically transitive. We also build smooth topologically transitive flows on surfaces which are not metrically transitive.     

Slip at the surface of a sphere translating perpendicular to a plane wall in micropolar fluid

The Stokes axisymmetrical flow caused by a sphere translating in a micropolar fluid perpendicular to a plane wall at an arbitrary position from the wall is presented using a combined analytical-numerical method. A linear slip, Basset type, boundary condition on the surface of the sphere has been used. To solve the Stokes equations for the fluid velocity field and the microrotation vector, a general solution is constructed from fundamental solutions in both cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. Boundary conditions are satisfied first at the plane wall by the Fourier transforms and then on the sphere surface by the collocation method. The drag acting on the sphere is evaluated with good convergence. Numerical results for the hydrodynamic drag force and wall effect with respect to the micropolarity, slip parameters and the separation distance parameter between the sphere and the wall are presented both in tabular and graphical forms. Comparisons are made between the classical fluid and micropolar fluid.      

Blowing up behavior for a class of nonlinear VIEs connected with parabolic PDEs

We study the blowing-up behavior of solutions of a class of nonlinear integral equations of Volterra type that is connected with parabolic partial differential equations with concentrated nonlinearities. We present some analytic results and, in the case of the kernel of Abel-kind with power nonlinearity and fixed initial data, we give a numerical approximation by using one-point collocation methods.     

On a regularity criterion in terms of the gradient of pressure for the Navier-Stokes equations in \mathbb{R}^{N}

In this paper we establish a Serrin’s type regularity criterion on the gradient of pressure for weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in It is proved that if the gradient of pressure belongs to L^{α, γ} with then the weak solution actually is regular and unique. Received: May 4, 2004